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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Is NOT like a noun?
Dialogues that I want to show you are follows:
A: Here they go again... He did save our lives, but...
B: A pirate knows not of deference to authority. Leave him be.
Is it that “Not” in the above sentence functions as a noun, the object of the verb knows?
PS. Is it grammatical that I paraphrase “in the above sentence” into “in above the sentence” or “in the sentence above?”
Thank you for reading.
A: Here they go again... He did save our lives, but...
B: A pirate knows not of deference to authority. Leave him be.
Is it that “Not” in the above sentence functions as a noun, the object of the verb knows?
PS. Is it grammatical that I paraphrase “in the above sentence” into “in above the sentence” or “in the sentence above?”
Thank you for reading.
Top answer
1 a. 'Knows not' means "does not know", and 'of' means "something (anything) of" or "regarding". b.
- 1 a.
- 'Knows not' means "does not know", and 'of' means "something (anything) of" or "regarding".
- b.
- It could also be that 'not' is being used as an old form of 'nothing', 'naught'.
- They come to mean the same thing, and in a sense one doesn't need to decide which is correct..
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a. 'Knows not' means "does not know", and 'of' means "something (anything) of" or "regarding".
b. It could also be that 'not' is being used as an old form of 'nothing', 'naught'.
They come to mean the same thing, and in a sense one doesn't need to decide which is correct..
2. "in the above sentence", "in the sentence above" or sometimes (but not very useful here) "above in t
a. 'Knows not' means "does not know", and 'of' means "something (anything) of" or "regarding".
b. It could also be that 'not' is being used as an old form of 'nothing', 'naught'.
They come to mean the same thing, and in a sense one doesn't need to decide which is correct..
2. "in the above sentence", "in the sentence above" or sometimes (but not very useful here) "above in t
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I had a look but couldn't find a reference to the suggested 1b usage as a form of naught/nothing in older English, perhaps someone else can find one though. d
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