Hi friends, so do you have a pet at home? Well if someone asks me that, I’ll say,
no and if I make a complete sentence, I do not have any pets at home. First I said no
and then I said, I do not have any pets at home. So what was common in both the answers
you're right, the negative. So let’s learn when to use the two negative expressions,
no and not. Now often we mean to give a negative answer or a reply but sometimes we get a little
confused, should I use no or should I use not? So let's see when we use each of them.
Now someone asks you a question. If you just want to give a monosyllable answer or a one-word
answer, you'd say, no. Okay, do you want to come with us to the party? No. do you want
to hang out with us on Saturday? No. are you going to the mall today? No. so it's just
yes or no. You cannot answer a question like, are you going to the mall? Not, can you say
not? No, you cannot say not. So no is for basic yes or no answers, okay whereas you
cannot say, not, okay. It does not make sense. So you cannot use not for a basic yes or no
question. You cannot replace not by no. so when you just want to say, just say no and
not, not, alright.
The second sentence says that the company has no rivals. Now if you see, my negative
expression no comes before a noun, rivals. Yeah, many rivals, comes before a noun without
an article. An article is a, an, the. So the company has no the rivals. It’s wrong. So
use no before nouns without an article. Okay, so can I say, my friend has no brains. So
again, I use no before a noun brain without an article. So my friend has no brains, okay.
Now, you cannot say the company has not rivals, can you say that? No, because it doesn't make
sense. So remember in a sentence, use no before a noun without any articles.
Let’s see how we use not. The virus is not the cause of the disease. Okay if you see
not here, I have used it before a noun with an article. Yeah so cause, there are many
causes one cause, a cause is a noun and you have an article here, okay. So the virus is
not the cause of the disease. Can I say, the virus is no cause of the disease? Is no the
cause of the disease? No, it does not make sense. So use not before a noun with an article.
So for example, I tell you, I did not watch the movie. So I did not, not watch the movie,
the movie, right? So you have the movie. So I used not before a noun with an article.
So friends remember, it is not correct to say the virus is no the cause because it would
not make sense. Use not before a noun with an article. So remember these basics, these
are you know quick basic easy rules.
Oh, the next one. Now when you put a verb in negative. Okay like I'm not coming. You’re
not dancing tonight, use not. Okay like I do not have a pen, he is not going to mall
tonight. So use not because not makes a verb negative. Now if the same thing, if I have
to use, no. can I say, I do no have? Can I say that? No, it does not make sense. So remember
a no does not make a verb negative, it may make the sentence negative but not the verb
or if I tell you, Maria is no going. You would be like, is no going? Of course, this is incorrect.
So no does not make a verb negative. So remember when you want to make a verb negative like
has not done, won’t, will not go. always use not because it is not, that makes a verb
negative, no does not make a verb negative at all.
Well, now for example, if I want to show possessive adjectives. These are not my socks. My is
a possessive adjective. Okay and I have used not here, these are not my socks.
So use not before possessive adjectives. I cannot say these are no my socks. Can I say,
these are no my socks? No, it's incorrect it would not make sense. So before a possessive
adjective, use not, okay. So for example, I say, I do not like your handbag. So I do
not, not like your handbag. Your handbag, your handbag is a possessive, your is a possessive
adjective. So your handbag, I cannot say, I do no like your handbag. It does not make
sense. Okay, so you cannot use no for possessive adjectives. This is incorrect. Okay so always
remember before a possessive adjective.
Now let's have a common sentence where in one you can use no and if you have to put
the same sentence using not, how do we do it? I have got no money. I have got no money.
Okay, that means I'm broke so I have got no money. okay this one way, it's a negative
expression but I'm telling you, I don;t have any money and if I have to use not in a similar
sentence, I'll say I haven’t got any money where this is have not. So both are fine,
both are negatives and both are correct. if you go to see, I have got no money makes a
negative sentence and here I'm bringing about the negative expression by making the verb
negative and like I said, remember always use not to make a verb negative and I say,
I have not got any money. So both of them are fine as long as you use no or not correctly
to construct a sentence. Alright so remember they both are negative expressions but use
them once you understand these basic rules of when to use no and when to use not.
Alright friends, well just to see if you have understood this, I have a small test for you.
Go ahead and take it, do let me know your scores and I'll be back soon again, till then
take care and bye.