A Moment of Sympathy for the Old Fogeys and Snoots
https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/10/28/a-moment-of-sympathy-for-the-old-fogeys-and-snoots/ [www.chronicle.com]
2018-10-28 23:02
Such sympathizing doesn’t happen often, so I thought I’d admit to it and explain, since if you have regularly read my posts on usage you may be rather surprised. I was reading a newspaper headline in which can not was used where (as I see it) cannot was clearly meant. But for some reason I was prompted to carry out a small investigation, and I realized I may have been harboring a false belief.