2015年10月1日 · No is half of the answer pair Yes/No, shading off into Nah, Nuh-uh, and Uh-uh. But it can also quantify and negate any noun phrase: Some blade of grass ~ No blade of grass; One who saw it ~ No one who saw it. Not is the general negator for verb phrases, including predicate adjectives and nouns.

He has not a care in the world. NO. The opposite to yes as an answer: Do you like movies? No (, I do not). Did you watch that movie? No (, I do not). Use no to negate a noun. You can do this when in a positive sense you use an indefinite article only (or with mass nouns, and the article disappears in the negative: Is there a problem? No, there ...

2018年3月6日 · For example we may say “I am not tall,” but not “I am no tall.” Truly comparative adjectival forms always permit either ‘no’ or ‘not’ in a certain construction, regardless of the concept of “negative polarity items.” I have found no reason for this, but it seems true upon consideration of examples. He is not (or no) older ...

2015年3月22日 · Some will go so far as to add "yes or no?" to the question. The question, "Are you coming to the gym?" is clear, concise, and calls for one or the other of two alternatives. Of course, it does leave the question open for more clarification as to time, place, etc., but adding "or not" or "or no" adds nothing to that end.

You can certainly say . . . it's not OK to not learn from them. However, bear in mind that there are still people around who mistakenly believe that such a construction is a split infinitive and should be avoided. (They are mistaken because the particle to is not part of the verb so there’s nothing to split.) If you think your readers or ...

2018年2月20日 · The answer depends not upon the form of the question, but the answerer's understanding of what is true. It's my understanding that Beth went to the theater Thursday night. Didn't Beth go to the theater on Wednesday night? No, she didn't. She went on Thursday. Did Beth go to the theater Wednesday night? No, she didn't. She went on Thursday.

2013年7月30日 · There's not enough context to make a recommendation about the technical meaning. A common topic in statistics is a test of significance, or significance level, but these are applied to data sets (e.g. in view of an experimental hypothesis), and I'm having trouble conceiving of how it will be applied to a variable.

2012年10月1日 · No rules per se. "Don't" is shorter to say. "don't" is less formal than "do not". In written form some writers will move towards "I do not" even if they would usually use "I don't" themselves when speaking. However, in spoken form "I do not" often implies an emphatic answer. The "not" may be accentuated verbally - which you may write

No less than. This is normally used to give emphasis. There are no less than 5 different ways to do this. It is by far the commonest form and the only one regularly used outside academic or technical literature (image generated by searching COCA and BNC for no less than): COCA: BNC: Not less than. This is indeed far less common but can also be ...

2020年3月22日 · Should not is not one word, and does not behave like one word. The should is the auxiliary and precedes the subject when there is an inversion. The not is another part of the verb string, normally following the first auxiliary (I am not seeing him; I will not be seeing him; I should not have been seeing him), but in inversion it follows the ...