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today we will study the difference between no and not.
To tell the truth I have already compared no and none.
And I think that it's high time that we compared these two, right?
So no vs. not. No is used before a noun phrase,
So after no there should be a noun, well mostly right after no there's a noun.
There are no pictures in this book. No pictures, it's dull!
There are no pictures - you can't see any picture there. No pictures - no plus a noun.
No cookies before dinner. A mom can say that to her child.
No cookies before dinner.
There can be an adjective before the noun.
There are no native speakers in this town.
Notice that no is a determiner,
so it is not usually used with other determiners like articles, possessive pronouns,
demonstratives, quantifiers, numbers and some others.
So if you want to use a negation with the phrase including these words use not.
However no can be used with 'other', 'more', 'less' and 'such'.
Here - not is used with any other phrase:
with adjectives alone, with adverbs, with pronouns and things like that.
Not is sometimes used with nouns, but usually there's something between - an article,
an article plus an adjective, a pronoun and so on.
Now let's take a look at the examples.
It's not often that you meet foreigners in this town.
It's not often, often is an adverb and we use not.
often is an adverb and we use not this film is
This film is not suitable for children.
Not suitable, suitable is an adjective.
Not for the world!
In this example there is a preposition which goes after not - not for,
not for the world, like never.
There is a noun - the world, but it goes after the prepositions.
So there should be something in between.
A sample dialogue:
Would you like to watch some TV?
Yeah, but not this film.
Or somebody offers you to go hikingand you say:
Not in this outfit, but yeah, sure!
Now let's compare 'no' and 'not any'.
These are more or less interchangeable
but there is a slight difference here, let's take a look.
There's no reason to be afraid of this tiny spider!
Don't be afraid! There is no reason whatsoever.
'No' in such phrases is usually stressed
and it makes the meaning, the negation stronger,
while 'not' is usually shortened like this - there isn't, there aren't.
And when you say 'there isn't any', 'there aren't any' the meaning is not so strong,
So you do not emphasize it so much.
So instead of 'there is no reason' you can say 'there isn't any reason to be afraid'.
Usually you sound calmer and not so persuasive, not so urgent
There are no eggs in the fridge.
No eggs! How come! I want some omelet!
Strong and we stress this word - no.
But you can say: 'There aren't any eggs in the fridge.'
So what? There aren't any eggs - no problem. I can eat something else.
Thirdly let's compare 'no' and 'not a', 'not an'.
We've already established that 'no' is used with nouns
and there should be no articles between no and the noun,
but not is used with articles.
So but when to use which construction?
Actually to tell the truth when we use no mostly we deal with gradable nouns,
nouns which can be graded, it can be more like this or less.
For example: It's no secret they are dating. It's no secret.
Not a secret is more or less possible, but no secret is better,
because secret is a gradable noun, it can be more or a secret or less of a secret.
Some people might know or everyone might know.
That's why it's no secret, it's better.
A potato is not a fruit. It is a fact.
We can't say that it is more of a fruit or less of a fruit. It is not a fruit.
And that's, it it's a fact.
But this rule does not work with the phrases 'there is', 'there are',
because there we can use 'no' with ungrateful nouns.
There are no fruit in this market. What?
And finally two more points.
When we use a single negative answer to a question, we say 'no'.
Would you like some tea? No, thank you. No, thanks.
'No' is used as an answer to a question separately, as just one word. No. No.
Do not use 'not' in such circumstances.
Now remember some phrases which are very common with 'no' and 'not.
No problem. No problem, I'll help you.
No good. There's no good shoplifting.
No need. There's no need to panic.
No idea. You have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, do you?
Of course you do!
No chance. He's got no chance of persuading her to marry him.
Not worth. Not worth.
It's not worth it! Stop fighting you should quit! Oh that's a bad piece of advice.
Never quit! Never give up! Keep studying English and you will get better and better, I promise!
Everything is quite logical here because this is a noun, this is a noun, a noun, a nown,
this is an adverb, but here it's usually an adjective or an adverb
And we use no, however we should remember the phrase - no good.
Okay that's it, I hope that now you understand the difference between 'no' and 'not' better.
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