EXAMPLES. 1.We’ve no moneyto buy furniture with1.We’ ve no money to buy furniture with. 2. I have no wish to go behind the facts. 3. I had no intention of leaving the ship. 4. Bertha couldn’t help feeling, even from this distance, that it (the tree) had not a single bud or a faded petal. 5. He assured him that he would have not the slightest difficulty in effecting a quick sale. 6. She pitied the poor young gentleman for having no one to look after him.
EXPLANATORY NOTES 1. The negation no is never followed by a noun with an arcicle; nor is it followed by the pronouns any (anyone, anything, anybody), some (someone, something, somebody), none (nothing, nobody), another; by the adjectives many, much, few, little, enough, single. Normally, it is followed by a noun without any article. The noun may be modified by an adjective or the pronoun other. 2. Normally, the negation not is not followed by the pronouns other, some, something, somebody. The negation not may be followed by: the pronouns any, any other, another, anything, anybody, anyone; the adjectives many, much, few, little (these, in their turn, may be modified by so or very); (a) single, enough; the numerals one, two, three, etc. 3. The negation not may be also followed directly by a noun with the definite or the indefinite article. Normally, a noun with the definite article is used if this noun is modified by an adjective in the superlative degree. If the negation not is followed by a noun with the indefinite article, it may mean (not necessarily!) not a single. 4. In British colloquial style the form have got is often used instead of have. E.g. He’s got no card. «What napkins? I’ve never seen any.» «They haven’t got any napkins.» 5. The negative meaning is often expressed in modern English by means of the negative form of the verb to have formed with the help of the auxiliary verb to do. E.g. Ossie did not have so much time to worry about Daniel now. We didn’t have much difficulty.
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