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Examples with can and can't

can play the guitar she can run really fast she can run really fast can you play the guitar can you run really fast when you can't do something that means it's not possible for...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Using can and can'tSubtitles: en

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21 subtitle cues

1:02

he

1:02

can play the guitar she

1:05

can run really fast she

1:08

can run really fast can you play the

1:12

guitar

1:14

can you run really fast

1:17

when you can't do something that means

1:20

it's not possible for you to do

1:24

i cannot play the guitar i can't play

1:27

the guitar

1:30

notice that cannot is shortened to can't

1:34

we use can't more than we use cannot

1:39

when speaking can is said

1:42

longer for more time than the word

1:46

can't so for example

1:49

can can't

1:53

can can't

1:58

this is important because a lot of

2:00

people do not

2:01

say the t at the end of can't

2:05

so

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