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Difference Between No and Not
Difference Between No and Not
Not
We use not after be, do or have to make a sentence negative.
It is not raining.
I do not like fish.
I have not finished my work.
We have not got a television.
I can't go.
You mustn't be late.
We can use not with much, many, any or enough.
‘Does the city tour run all year round?’ ‘Not in winter’
We can use not after or to express the negative possibility of a word, phrase or clause.
No
We use no to give negative answers.
We use no before a noun without an article to mean ‘not one’; ‘not any’; ‘not a’
We don't use no with any.
We use no to say that something is not allowed.
No smoking!
No Entry!