English Lecture

1. Regular : not + adjective/verb → not + adjective of opposite meaning

2. None but [for Allah/God or person (not object)], nothing but [it is used for
objects], not more than [it is used for numbers] → only

a. None but Allah can help us → Only Allah can help us

b. A child likes nothing but sweets → A child likes only sweets

c. He is not more than ten → He is only ten

d. None but he can do the work → Only he can do the work

3. cannot but + v1 , cannot help + (v1 + ing) → must + v1

a. We cannot but yield to out fate → We must yield to our fate

b. We cannot help obeying our parents → We must obey our parents

4. not only + noun/pronoun (1) + but also + noun/pronoun (2) → both (mostly used
for person) + noun/pronoun (1) + and + noun/pronoun (2)

a. Not only Rajib but also Adeeb were good friends → Both Rajib and Adeeb
were good friends

b. He took not only coffee but also ice-cream → He took both coffee and ice
cream

5. There is no __( noun )__ { but } / { who does not } → Every

a. There is no one { but } / { who does not } hates/hate a liar → Everyone hates
a liar

b. There is no mother but loves her child → Every mother loves her child

c. extension : No + noun + verb → Every + noun + opposite verb

i. No mother hates her child → every mother loves her child

6. No sooner had + noun/pronoun + V3 → As soon as + noun/pronoun + V2

a. No sooner had the thief seen the police he ran away → As soon as the thief
saw the police he ran away

7. A sentence of positive degree with { no other } → superlative/comparative degree

a. No other boy in the class is so good as he → He is the best boy in the class

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 8. never + adjective/verb → always + adjective/verb of opposite meaning

a. I never disagree with him → I always agree with him

9. so ______ that → too ______ to

a. He is so weak that he cannot walk → He is too weak to walk

b. Parveen was so poor that she could not buy a chain → Parveen was too
poor to buy a chain

10. not always → sometimes

a. My friend does not always visit me → My friend sometimes visits me

b. A day laborer is not always happy → A day laborer is sometimes happy

11. not a few → many

a. There are not a few students in the class →

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