1. We use no ( = ‘not a’, ‘not any’) immediately before a noun. no +noun No aeroplane is 100% safe. There’s no time to talk about it now Before another determiner (for example the, my, this), we use none of. We also use none of before a pronoun. none of + determiner + noun [...]
next and the next
Next week, next month etc is the week or month just after this one. If I am speaking in July, next month is August; If I am speaking in 1900, next year is 1900. (Note that prepositions are not used before these time-expressions) Goodbye. See you next week. I’m spending next Christmas with my family. [...]
next and nearest
1. Nearest is used for place – it means ‘most near in space’ Excuse me. Where’s the nearest tube station? (not… the next tube station?) If you want to find Alan, just look in the nearest in the pub. Next is usually used for time – it means ‘nearest in the future’ We get off [...]
not any, no, none; no more, not any more, no longer, not any longer
I. not (n’t) + any There aren‘t any cars in the car park. Sally and Steve haven‘t got any children. You can have some coffee but I don‘t want any. no + noun (no cars / no garden etc.) no … = not + any or not + a: There are no cars in the [...]
List N
nationalise or naturalise? to NATIONALISE =totransfer ownership from the private sector to the state to NATURALISE = to confer full citizenship on a foreigner no body or nobody? Use these exemplar sentences as a guide: It was believed that he had been murdered but NO BODY was ever found, and so nothing could be proved. [...]
neither, nor and not… either
1. We use neither and not to mean ‘also not’ . They mean the same. Neither and nor come at the beginning of a clause, and are followed by auxiliary verb + subject. neither/ nor + auxiliary verb + subject I can’t swim. Neither can I ( NOT I also can’t) I don’t like opera. [...]
afternoon, evening and night
Afternoon changes to evening when it starts getting dark, more or less. However, it depends on the time of year. In summer, we stop saying afternoon by six o’clock, even if it is still light. In winter we go on saying afternoon until at least five o’clock, even if it is dark. Evening changes to [...]
no and not a/ not any
1. No is a determiner. We use no before singular (countable and uncountable) nouns and plural nouns. No means the same as not a or not any, but we use no: (a) at the beginning of a sentence (b) when we want to make the negative idea emphatic. a. No cigarette is completely harmless. (NOT [...]
