B2 C1 C2 English Vocabulary: No, Not, None. Why is it so complicated to say NO in English? Once you know when and where to use these words, it will be easier to apply them.
NO
- Use no directly before nouns/noun phrases
- There is no time to waste.
- She has no friends yet, but she’ll make some.
NOT
- Use not before adjectives
- I’m not happy about what happened.
- He’s not friendly at all.
- Use not with an auxiliary verb or modal verb
- Usually not is written n’t
- She can’t swim (cannot swim).
- They won’t be coming over for dinner (will not).
- We didn’t see what happened last night (did not).
- Use not after be, do, have and auxiliary verbs
- Usually not is written n’t
- She isn’t going to the meeting.
- We don’t have time for this.
- I haven’t seen Joe in a long time.
- I can’t wait to go on vacation.
- We cannot use n’t with am or may
- I’m not staying long.
I amn’t staying long. - We may not go to Italy this summer.
We mayn’t go to Italy this summer.
- I’m not staying long.
None
- This means not any or not one (ninguno in Spanish)
- It is the pronoun form of no
- Use none as a subject or as an object
- We use it to replace countable and uncountable nouns.
- I tried to look for some apples, but I found none (apples).
- How many times did he call? None.
- None of us are going to the bar after work.
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