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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Not as a conjunction

"He is the best in the business not a wide-eyed novice." Is "not" used as a conjunction in this sentence ?
  

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No, it remains an adverb. The sentence is sort of a comma-splice error but without the comma, since it is a compound predicate nominative: He is the best in the business (and) not a novice.

— Mister Micawber

  • No, it remains an adverb.
  • The sentence is sort of a comma-splice error but without the comma, since it is a compound predicate nominative: He is the best in the business (and) not a novice.
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No, it remains an adverb. The sentence is sort of a comma-splice error but without the comma, since it is a compound predicate nominative:

He is the best in the business (and) not a novice.
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Is it necessary to write the "and" before "not" to make it formal and grammatically correct ?
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Yes; as a spoken utterance, of course, it is common.
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