什么时候用not，什么时候用no？

荣晓荣晓 · 发表于 2021-10-31 13:48:20

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经常说
no是形容词，后面不能接冠词(a, the...)
not是副词，后面有冠词

那为什么朗文的这个例句用了not而不是no呢？
It was not hyperbole to call it the worst storm in twenty years

大橙子 · 发表于 2021-10-31 15:42:36

no 否定名词，not 否定动词

荣晓荣晓 · 发表于 2021-10-31 18:05:56

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大橙子发表于 2021-10-31 15:42
no 否定名词，not 否定动词

所以这个例句中应该用no还是not

再比如 There is no one in the room. 还是 There is not one in the room.

大橙子 · 发表于 2021-10-31 20:39:52

荣晓荣晓发表于 2021-10-31 18:05
所以这个例句中应该用no还是not

再比如 There is no one in the room. 还是 There is not one in the ro ...

主楼例句用 not
There is no one in the room. 对

以下摘自 Practical English Usage：

We can use no with a noun or -ing form to mean ‘not any', or 'not a/an’.

No teachers went on strike. (= There weren’t any teachers on strike.)
I’ve got no Thursdays free this term. (= I haven't got any Thursdays . . .)
I telephoned, but there was no answer. (= There wasn’t an answer.)
NO SMOKING

Sometimes sentences constructed with verb + not and no + noun have similar
meanings. The structure with no is usually more emphatic.

There wasn't an answer. / There was no answer.

荣晓荣晓 · 发表于 2021-10-31 23:05:35

大橙子发表于 2021-10-31 20:39
主楼例句用 not
There is no one in the room. 对

注意到Practical English Usage中的例句都只涉及可数名词，所以才有了not an answer, no answer的结构可以套用。
而朗文例句中的hyperbole 是不可数名词，无法套用了，

大橙子 · 发表于 2021-11-1 09:55:45

荣晓荣晓发表于 2021-10-31 23:05
注意到Practical English Usage中的例句都只涉及可数名词，所以才有了not an answer, no answer的结构可 ...

嗯，你看得很仔细，它这里确实没给不可数名词的例句

书中另一处给了不可数名词的例句，并且再次说了下两者的区别，用 no 属于更强调的语气

No can be used instead of not a or not any when we want to emphasise a
negative idea.
Would you believe it? There’s no mirror in the bathroom! (More emphatic than
. . . There isn’t a mirror . . .)
Sorry I can’t stop. I ’ve got no time. (More emphatic than . . . I haven't got any
time.)
There were no messages for you this morning, I'm afraid. (More emphatic than
There weren't any messages . . .)

We prefer not a/any in objects and complements when the sense is not
emphatic. Compare:
He’s no fool. (= He's not a fool at all. - emphatic negative)
A whale is not a fish, (n o t A whale is no fish - the sense is not emphatic.)

荣晓荣晓 · 发表于 2021-11-1 10:25:39

大橙子发表于 2021-11-1 09:55
嗯，你看得很仔细，它这里确实没给不可数名词的例句

书中另一处给了不可数名词的例句，并且再次说了下两 ...

所以no 和 not a/any 之间进行互换
那我怎么觉得朗文的例句用no也行啊。hyperbole不可数，他也没有加any，却只有一个not。

大橙子 · 发表于 2021-11-1 13:26:39

荣晓荣晓发表于 2021-11-1 10:25
所以no 和 not a/any 之间进行互换
那我怎么觉得朗文的例句用no也行啊。hyperbole不可数，他也没有加any ...

用 no 也不算错的，只是意思不同，变得更强调，词典例句是正常语气说话，用不着这么强调
如果是在跟人争论，对方非说这是 hyperbole，你说这根本不是 hyperbole，就可以用 no

匿名 *发表于 2021-11-6 16:52:22* · 发表于 2021-11-6 16:52:22

因为这里不是在讲数量，而是单纯的否定。

做个简单对比：
It was [a pleasure 可数] to meet you. 否定：It was not [a pleasure] ...
It is [hyperbole 不可数] to call it... 否定：It is not [hyperbole] ...

如果真的要用 no hyperbole，可以说 there is no hyperbole in calling it... 注意这里用了there is

渔夫和妖怪 · 发表于 2021-11-7 12:57:43

冠词分为定冠词、不定冠词和零冠词，这里就是”零冠词+不可数名词“（not + 零冠词 + hyperbole）

荣晓荣晓 · 发表于 2021-11-7 14:12:51

渔夫和妖怪发表于 2021-11-7 12:57
冠词分为定冠词、不定冠词和零冠词，这里就是”零冠词+不可数名词“（not + 零冠词 + hyperbole） ...

那为什么不能用no呢，

渔夫和妖怪 · 发表于 2021-11-10 11:06:22

He is not a fool.他不傻。
He is no fool.他才不傻。（他精着呢。）

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