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Basically, the rule for the usage of "cannot" and "can not" is simple. If you have a choice and can or can not do something, then the correct way to write it is "can not." For example, you have a choice in telling or not telling a lie, so you write it "I can not tell a lie." If you are talking about something that you cannot do no matter what, then it is written as "cannot." An example for someone like myself might be "I cannot climb Mount Everest." The reason it is written as one word is because I honestly could not climb Mount Everest if I wanted to. I simply do not have the skills necessary to climb it, so I have no choice in the matter!
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