Element USE: REPROACHES AND APPEALS
SuperCat MODALITY
SubCat can
Lexical Range N/A
Level B2
Cando Can use negative forms of 'can' to make reproaches or appeals.
Corrected Learner Example You can’t forget your friends. (Brazil; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; Portuguese; Pass)

…he can't go on behaving like this. (Italy; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; Italian; Pass)

Please, listen, you can't go on studying so hard. (Spain; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; Catalan; Pass)

You have to realise that you cannot work all the time: your body needs some rest. (B2 VANTAGE; 1993; ; Pass)

Can't you see how exhausted you are? (France; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; French; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example
Comments N/A

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