nogood

Wecanmakeaword,expressionorclaunegativebyputtingnotbeforeit.

Idonotintendtoresign.

AskJames,nothiswife.

Notsurprisingly,theygotdivorcedwithinacoupleofmonths.

Youcancometomorrow,butnotonFriday.

edwithanounoran–ingformtomean‘notany’.

Nostudentsjoinedtheprogram.(=Thereweren’tanystudentswhojoinedtheprogram.)

Nomanisperfect.(=Therearen’tanyperfectmen.)

Shehasgotnochildren.(=Shehasn’tgotanychildren.)

Ihavegotnomoneytobuyfood.(=Ihaven’tgotanymoneytobuyfood.)

Insomecasthestructuresverb+notandno+nouncanhavesimilarmeanings.

Therewasn’tanyreply.=Therewasnoreply.

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Noisudasanexclamation:

“CanIhelpyou?”“

No

.Everythingisokay.”

“Doyoulikethissoup?”“

No

.”

s„nota‟or„not

any':

Therewere

no

girlsattheparty.

Ihave

no

timetohelpyou.I‟mtoobusy.

not

tenudwiththe

verb„be':



Johnis

not

athometoday.



Theexerciwasn‟t(=was

not

)difficult.

Not

isoftenudtomakeanadjectiveoradverbnegative:



Johnplaysthepiano,but

not

verywell.



“Howareyou?”“

Not

toobad.”

However,theadjective

good

canbecombinedwithboth

not

and

no

:



“Howwasthefilm?”“

No

goodatall.”



“Howwasthefilm?”“

Not

goodatall.”



Not

isoftenudinshortreplieswithanumberofverbs:



“Wasthepartygood?”“I‟mafraid

not

.”



“Isitgoingtoraintomorrow?”“Ihope

not

.”



“Areyougoingouttonight?”“Ithink

not

.”

Thebasicdifference[edit]

Thebasicdifferenceisthat"not"isanadverbwithnegatesthemeaningoractionofthe

verb."No",ontheotherhand,isadeterminerwhichnegatestheexistenceofanoun.

Howeverthedeterminer"no"cannotco-occurwithotherdeterminerssuchas"the","a"

"any"etcandwhentheareprentthenthenegationmustbemadewiththeadverb

"not".

Alistofspecificcasfollow.

Not[edit]

"Not"isanadverbwhichnegatestheverbandisudwith

modalverbsandauxiliaryverbs(especiallyascontractions)tonegatetheiractionor

meaning-Idon'tlikecoffee,Iwon'tgo.

adjectives-Sheisnotugly.

adverbs-She'snotveryhappy.

oufornotsmoking.

propernouns-IamnotJohnSmith.

Determinerslike"much","any"and"enough"-Thereisn'tmuchwater."Thereisn'tanyblue

paint."

nounsprecededbyanarticle“a”or“the”-Iamnotajudge.""Thisisnottheanswer.

No[edit]

"No"isfrequentlyadeterminerwhichnegatesanounandisud:

inrespontoyes/noquestions-Canyoufly?No,Ican't.

withnounswithoutarticles-Thereisnowater.I''!

withnounsprecededbyadjectives-"Thereisnowater"Thereisnobluepaint.

withcomparativeadjectives-Herannofasterthisyear.

whengivingprohibitionswithgerunds(..ing)-Nosmoking.

Complications[edit]

Whenyouaredenyingthataparticularwordiscorrectthenanywordcouldpotentially

follow"not".

"Theanswerisnot"running."ormorecolloquially-"not"running"!"

"Thewordyouarelookingforisnot"judge"."

WhilethequotationmarksmakethesituationclearinwrittenEnglish,onlycontextand

pronunciationmakeitclearinthespokenlanguage.

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