No such word as cant..
27 August 2009, 11:43 AM
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or cannot rather than can not.
The ' signifies the omission of letters, such as in it's (it is) they're (they are) can't (cannot).
cant means tilt to one side.
The ' signifies the omission of letters, such as in it's (it is) they're (they are) can't (cannot).
cant means tilt to one side.
27 August 2009, 11:45 AM
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Yes there is
1. trans. To part, divide, share, parcel out, apportion. 2. to let out land to mow, hoe, etc. 3. To throw off, e.g. to empty out, the contents of a vessel by tilting it up. 4. To pitch as by the sudden lurching of a ship; to toss, to throw with a sudden jerk. 5. To tilt, take an inclined position, pitch on one side, turn over; often to cant over. 6. To have a slanting position, lie aslant, slope.
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27 August 2009, 11:49 AM
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Well its in the Collins dictionary with three meanings. It also means 'insincere talk; specialized vocabulary of a particular group....It doesn't mention scoobynet though 
http://www.collinslanguage.com/resul...ym=1&text=cant
http://www.collinslanguage.com/resul...ym=1&text=cant
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27 August 2009, 11:56 AM
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We have guys here whos job is to " de-cant " stock, which means split large amounts of components into managable stock piles.
I often call them lazy cants, because they are.
I often call them lazy cants, because they are.
27 August 2009, 12:14 PM
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Importantly in this instance, cant is with a hard A, pronounced as ^kant^.
Can't is with a soft A, pronounced ^Karnt^.
So if, as I suspect the sentance was recited as, "there is no such word as can't (^Karnt^) then indeed this is correct.
Can't is with a soft A, pronounced ^Karnt^.
So if, as I suspect the sentance was recited as, "there is no such word as can't (^Karnt^) then indeed this is correct.
27 August 2009, 12:32 PM
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Too much punctuation for my liking. 
Banged to rites, or banged to rights is a contentious issue within the world of the pedants.
As for the "e" in sentence, as I previously stated; everybody is capable of a mistake or three.
Banged to rites, or banged to rights is a contentious issue within the world of the pedants.
As for the "e" in sentence, as I previously stated; everybody is capable of a mistake or three.
27 August 2009, 12:55 PM
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I remember being told that very thing way back in my schooldays 
I also remember getting sent to see the headmaster for disputing it with the pompous tw@t of a teacher
As I recall, I asked him if that was the case, was he was going to teach us all to fly at some point
I also remember getting sent to see the headmaster for disputing it with the pompous tw@t of a teacher
As I recall, I asked him if that was the case, was he was going to teach us all to fly at some point
27 August 2009, 02:57 PM
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You got a tpyo, that's what's thrown everyone off, replace the a with a 'u' and then try looking that up, pretty sure in a round about way it has the same meaning... mostly
28 August 2009, 02:37 PM
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I heard it used on cbeebies earlier
30 August 2009, 10:06 AM
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