[Grammar] You cannot/ can not only eat delicious food for free but also make foreign friends.

[wotcha]

1. You cannot only eat delicious food for free but also make foreign friends.

2. You can not only eat delicious food for free but also make foreign friends.


Sentence 2 is from my grammar book and I became wondered if we can write like 1

since we don't split 'can' and 'not' in writing.


Please enlighten me.

 

[bhaisahab]

1. You cannot only eat delicious food for free but also make foreign friends.

2. You can not only eat delicious food for free but also make foreign friends.


Sentence 2 is from my grammar book and I became wondered if we can write like 1

since we don't split 'can' and 'not' in writing.


Please enlighten me.

No, you can't.

 

[Academic Writing]

OED has a nice little explanation of this (and an example very similar to yours).

 

[Barb_D]

And a sentence like that is a great example of one that should be rewritten. Not only can you...