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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

not/no good

What's the difference in meaning between the following two sentences?

1. This idea is not good.

2. This idea is no good.
  

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There is some difference. The first sentence is a more neutral statement, and the second is stronger. The first might be received with disappointment, but with the hope that the idea might be improved through discussion and work.

— CalifJim

  • There is some difference.
  • The first sentence is a more neutral statement, and the second is stronger.
  • The first might be received with disappointment, but with the hope that the idea might be improved through discussion and work.
  • The second will be received as complete rejection.
  • You will certainly not please anyone for saying that something they have done is not good, but you will come quite close to being very insulting and hurtful if you tell them it is no good.
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There is some difference. The first sentence is a more neutral statement, and the second is stronger.

The first might be received with disappointment, but with the hope that the idea might be improved through discussion and work. The second will be received as complete rejection.

You will certainly not please anyone for saying that something they have done is not good,
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