Grammaraticianing

[triadruid]

Based on a conversation the other day, humor me.

[Poll #1236826]

Comments

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Wasn't critiquing your spelling. :-) I could see why you did it, but just pointing out why it gets confusing open to interpretation when words come between the can and the not.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm 90% sure that the first question was the original example, because the other two are unambiguous (to me, obviously).