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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

No or not

Hello everyone,

Is either "no" or "not" correct in the following sentences?

1. There is no enough time to do my homework and play football.

2. There is not enough time to do my homework and play football.

Kind regards

JA

  

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There is [not enough] time to ... Here 'not' goes with 'enough'. 'no' only goes with nouns, so if you want 'no', it has to go with 'time', thus: There is no time to ...

  • There is [not enough] time to ...
  • Here 'not' goes with 'enough'.
  • 'no' only goes with nouns, so if you want 'no', it has to go with 'time', thus: There is no time to ...
  • Similarly, There is not enough milk for all the children.
  • There is no milk for the children.
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There is [not enough] time to ...

Here 'not' goes with 'enough'.


'no' only goes with nouns, so if you want 'no', it has to go with 'time', thus:

There is no time to ...

Similarly,

There is not enough milk for all the children.
There is no milk for the children.

CJ

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