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Lukand Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

'no' and 'not' dilemma

Recently I have seen the sentence:

'It is no easy task'.

My concern though is to find out whether the following one is correct as well, i.e.

'It is not easy task'.

If so, are they both of the same meaning or there is a subtle difference between them?

  

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'It is not an easy task'. States it as a simple fact. 'It is no easy task'.

— Clive

  • 'It is not an easy task'.
  • States it as a simple fact.
  • 'It is no easy task'.
  • Implies that it s a very difficult task.
  • You might consider this a form of understatement.
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'It is not an easy task'. States it as a simple fact.

'It is no easy task'. Implies that it s a very difficult task. You might consider this a form of understatement.

Clive

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lukand'It is no easy task'.

"No" acts as an adjective. In "It is not an easy task", "not" acts as an adverb.


Edit:
Corrected 'no' to 'not' at the request of the poster.
Deleted the side talk about it.
CJ

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