Could you proofread these 10 short sentences?

[juliana0403]

Could you proofread these 10 short sentences if there are grammatica

errors or broken English?

1. Can I make a reservation for acupuncture treatment next Friday, please?
2. I am sorry, we don't have an opening at that time you want.
3. John! I haven’t seen you in ages.
4. You should take good care of your blood pressure.
5. I haven't heard from him since he left for Italy five years ago.
6. I'd like to make an appointment to have a regular check-up, please.
7. Hello, do you have any openings for 3 o’clock?
8. Hey, how did your date go yesterday?
9. Please hold on the line so that I can check a few things.
10. Do you want to reschedule your appointment or cancel it?

Thank you. ^^

 

[vgv8]

10. Do you want to reschedule your appointment or cancel it?

Cannot it be without repetitions:
"10. Do you want to reschedule or cancel your appointment?

Which is better and why?

 

[juliana0403]

Thank you very much guys ^^:lol::lol:

 

[5jj]

10. Do you want to reschedule your appointment or cancel it.

Do you want to reschedule or cancel your appointment?

Which is better and why?

The first is clearer if the person asking the question is not sure what the other wants to do.

Juliana, I would omit 'on' in #9.

 

[Nightmare85]

***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***

Cannot it be without repetitions:

Just some advice:
Can't it be without repetitions? :tick:
Can it not be without repetitions :tick:
Cannot it be without repetitions? :cross:

Cheers!

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

In #3, I think, I've mostly been hearing "for ages".

 

[Nightmare85]

***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***

/A learner/

In #3, I think, I've mostly been hearing "for ages".

I'm very sure both versions are correct.
I often read sentence like "I haven't seen him in weeks."
So I don't think it's wrong and that case.

Cheers!

 

[vgv8]

***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***



Just some advice:
Can't it be without repetitions? :tick:
Can it not be without repetitions :tick:
Cannot it be without repetitions? :cross:

Cheers!

I always thought that CANNOT is inseparable from "NOT" (i.e. can't be used as "can not") and is interchangeable with "can't".
Am I wrong and "cannot" may be correctly used as "can not"?

What are other cases when "cannot" is not interchangeable with "[STRIKE]cannot[/STRIKE] can't"?

 

[Nightmare85]

Hi vgv8,
It is possible to write "can not", however, under certain conditions.
I can not only see birds.
(I can also see other animals, not only birds.)
Anyway, this is different from the negative version of can.

The other topic:
Don't you see anyone? :tick:
Do you not see anyone? :tick:
Do not you see anyone? :cross:

Won't you see anyone? :tick:
Will you not see anyone? :tick:
Will not you see anyone? :cross:

Can't you see anyone? :tick:
Can you not see anyone? :tick:
Cannot you see anyone? :cross:
Can not you see anyone? :cross:
It does not matter whether you say, "Cannot..." or "Can not...".
Both versions are wrong.
Whenever you start a sentence with an auxiliary verb, you have to put the subject before the not.

Cheers!

 

[lauralie2]

I always thought that CANNOT is...interchangeable with "can't".

They express different meanings to me:

1. I can't open the door.

• meaning, because it is stuck

2. I cannot open the door.

• meaning, because it is forbidden.

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3. I can not open the door or I can open it.

• meaning, I have a choice.

 

[5jj]

They express different meanings to me:
1. I can't open the door. meaning, because it is stuck.
2. I cannot open the door. meaning, because it is forbidden.
3. I can not open the door or I can open it. meaning, I have a choice.

I agree with you about #3.
For me, 'it is stuck' and 'it is forbidden' could work with both 'can't and 'cannot' - it depends on intonation and context.

Incidentally, v8g8, 'cannot' in BrE is, for some reason, normally one word, but some people nowadays write two words. In a formal negative-interrogative, the two parts must be separated, as nightmare said.

I would say nightmare's first example as ' I can see not only birds ..'

 

[vgv8]

cn't vs. cannot vs. "can not"

Incidentally, v8g8, 'cannot' in BrE is, for some reason, normally one word, but some people nowadays write two words. In a formal negative-interrogative, the two parts must be sparated, as nightmare said

I am interested in computer (instructional) technical writing.
This seems to me more close to your "formal" and it

Microsoft has decided to stick with "cannot" (dropping "can not") in its docs

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Cannot is a phrasal verb, for me, a learner.

cannot ~ not allowed to

 

[Barb_D]

/A learner/

Cannot is a phrasal verb, for me, a learner.

cannot ~ not allowed to

No! "Cannot" is NOT a phrasal verb. It's a simple negation.

There is no verb and preposition. How could it possibly be a phrasal verb?

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

No! "Cannot" is NOT a phrasal verb. It's a simple negation.

There is no verb and there is no preposition. How could it possibly be a phrasal verb?

Huh, I made an oversight.
I thought to say that "cannot" is a phrasal modal.
Sorry.

I wonder does it, in all varieties of English, mean "not allowed to", " not permitted to" etc.

 

[bhaisahab]

/A learner/


Huh, I made an oversight.
I thought to say that "cannot" is a phrasal modal.
Sorry.

I wonder does it, in all varieties of English, mean "not allowed to", " not permitted to" etc.

"Cannot" is not a "phrasal modal"; it is, as Barb said, a negation of "can".
It can mean "not allowed to" or it can mean that something is impossible, "it cannot be done", for example.

 

[vgv8]

Could you give examples of
- modal
and
- phrasal modal
verbs usage for "opening a door" case?

 

[Tdol]

Modal- can, could, shall, should, will, would, etc
Phrasal modal- I have heard this used for be able to, be allowed to- phrases with be that have a meaning similar to modals, but it's not a very common term and cannot wouldn't be covered by it.

 

[vgv8]

I would say nightmare's first example as ' I can see not only birds ..'

This does not look to me that "not" is related (as negative/negation) to "can" but to "only"

 

[bhaisahab]

This does not look to me that "not" is related (as negative/negation) to "can" but to "only"

Yes of course, nobody has said differently.