[Lazarus] Error messages: cannot versus can't

[Reinier Olislagers]

On 17/10/2014 12:16, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:58:21 +0200
> Reinier Olislagers <reinierolislagers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Googling gives lot of pages saying that cannot is more formal than
> can't. And MS Word prefers cannot over can not.
> 
> This means: It depends on the target audience of your application.

Yes, formal versus informal is part of it. Another part is
comprehension, e.g.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb226825%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
"Avoid contractions in technical messages. They can slow down
comprehension."