CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Prohibition. We use can’t and mustn’t to show that something is prohibited – it is not allowed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples: You are not allowed to smoke in this area. It is forbidden to swim here. You are not to feed the animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Must not expresses prohibition-something that is not permitted, not allowed. The prohibition can be subjective (the speaker’s opinion) or objective (a real law or rule). Look at these examples: I mustn’t eat so much sugar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples. Acts of prohibition have included prohibitions on types of clothing (and prohibitions on lack of clothing), prohibitions on gambling and exotic dancing, the prohibition of drugs (for example, alcohol prohibition and cannabis prohibition), prohibitions on tobacco smoking, and gun prohibition.

Detailed explanation-5: -As modals of prohibition, MUSTN’T and CAN’T are both used to show that something is forbidden, prohibited or not allowed. They often express rules and laws. “You can’t park here, sir.” “Passengers must not talk to the bus driver.”