By Negatives, Determiners

CalifJim wrote:difference is a countable noun. Countable nouns in the singular require a determiner. no is a determiner. not is not a determiner. not negates the verb.So you can have the positive statement There is with the determiner no and noun the difference.Or you can have the negative...

difference is a countable noun. Countable nouns in the singular require a determiner. no is a determiner. not is not a determiner. not negates the verb. So you can have the positive statement There is with the determiner no and noun the difference. Or you can have the negative statement...

Hi, Please look the sentence "This is NO easy task". What part of speech is "NO" in the sentence? My English-Japanese dictionaries say this NO is an Adjective because it modifies and negates the phrase "easy task". But I understand that "task" is a Countable Noun and if I am right, I think we...

Hello I'm an English learner from Japan and I have a question.Please look the sentence "This is NO easy task". What part of speech is "NO" in the sentence? My English-Japanese dictionaries say this NO is an Adjective because it modifies and negates the phrase "easy task". But I understand that...

Oh, sorry, I thought your second sentence was asking the question about the first sentence . Not quite, you have the wrong determiner and you would be better off with commas. Also, as a question, it should end with a question mark. Does that sentence have a negative meaning, a positive meaning,...

I wonder if it matters whether the acronym designates an institution or not. I am familiar with a few acronyms that can take determiners, but they do not designate institutions. -- Can you check this account for me? -- Sure. What's the PIN? (Personal Identification Number) -- What...

The is an article (the definite article, to be precise), a kind of determiner.Your set of 'negatives' are not of the same nature of classification of parts of speech as are conjunctions, determiners, adjectives, etc. Not is an adverb (albeit negative), did is an auxiliary verb.

Sources of simple examples to be examined from the viewpoint of grammatical constructions need not be cited. Cite the source when the material quoted is part of your argument for or against some point of view. As for your question about "mustn't", the more idiomatic phrasing is "When you...

Hi, Context: After a party, a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day: "I have met vary many people at the party." More natural is 'I met a lot of people at the party'. 'Very many' does not work here. 'Many' is mainly used in the negative. 'I didn't meet...

Hello People One of my English grammar books (written in Japanese) says about "as"-including concessive adverbial clauses as follows; Construction: To Komountain Koyama is so common a surname in Japan. It is "small mountain" but has not any negative sense. paco