Both the one-word form cannot and the two-word form can not are correct, but cannot is far more common in all contexts; in the Oxford English Corpus, there are 25 times more examples of cannot than of can not. The two-word form is recommended only when not is part of a set phrase, such as ‘not only . . . but (also)’: Paul can not only sing well, he also paints brilliantly.
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