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What part of speech is the word "not"? Not is an adverb in my opinion.However, please ponder this thought: My question is for people who consider "cannot" the acceptable way to write "can not." I have always written "can not" as two words. I consider it a helping verb + an adverb that comes before an action verb that follows the word "not." What part of speech then is "cannot" when...

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