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Difference between NO and NOT
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portiglioti
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Difference between NO and NOT
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hello folks...
a students asked me a tricky question...I did not know how to answer...
Whats the difference between NO and NOT?
can anyone help me?
thanks!! |
17 Aug 2009
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puss in boots
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From the point of view of Grammar, NO is an adjective, for instance:" I have NO objections" this NO here is acting as the adjective of the sentence.
While NOT is an adverb, for instance " I do NOT have objections", acting here as the verb of the sentence. |
17 Aug 2009
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douglas
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Here �s what Michael Swan has to say on the subject:
not and no
To make a word, expression or clause negative, we use �not �.
Not surprisingly, we missed the train. (NOT ... �no � surprisingly)
The students went on strike, but not the teachers.
(NOT ... but no the teachers)
I can see you tomorrow, but not on Thursday.
I have not received his answer.
We can use �no � with a noun or -ing form to mean �not any �, or �not a/an �.
No teachers went on strike. (=There weren �t any teachers on strike.)
I �ve got no Thursdays free this term. (=I haven �t got any Thursdays ...)
I telephoned, but there was no answer. (=There wasn �t an answer.)
NO SMOKING.
Sometimes sentences constructed with verb + not and no + noun have similar meanings. The structure with �no � is usually more emphatic.
There wasn �t an answer. / There was no answer.
Michael Swan, Practical English Usage
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17 Aug 2009
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Damielle
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@ portiglioti,
I think that "no" means something like "nenhum" in your language. Am I right? |
17 Aug 2009
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