what's the difference between わけにいかない and わけがない?
わけがない is used with non-action verbs (verbs the speaker has no control over) and わけにいかない with verbs the speaker has control over (action verbs). Is that it?
e.g.
1)今日、そこに行くわけにいきません。there's no way I can go there today (action verb←行く)
2)子供にこんな難しい漢字が読めるわけがない。there's no way I child could read a kanji that hard (non action verb←読める)
I read はず can be used the same way as わけがない. Is that so? Can you use it in the sentence with 読める?
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These two expressions are quite similar, but still slightly different each other. I'll try to explain it, but mind you, it is just my impression, but not proper theory.
読めるわけがない。The speaker doesn't believe that the child is capable to read the difficult kanji. The speaker might underestimate its capability as well as the opponent's opinion. (like , How can you say that the child could do it? Never!)
読めるはずがない。The speaker also doesn't believe the child can do it, but the speaker just mentions about its possibility, and doesn't criticize the opponent.
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