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No Not None
No Not None
"No" means "there isn't any" and is used before nouns. Not the difference in the verb before
countable and uncountable nouns.
Examples:
There's no beer left! What a terrible party!
There are no trees in the garden.
"None" means "not any, zero" and is a pronoun that can be used to substitute both countable and
uncountable nouns.
Q: How many children do you have?
A: None.
Note: "None" can take either a singular or plural verb form after.
Examples:
None of the boys are very intelligent.
None of the paintings is expensive.
These words should not be confused with "not" which is used to make verbs negative.
I do not like you.
We have not left yet!
You can't use "not" in front of nouns to mean "not any" although you can use with verbs before the
noun. See these examples:
There are not any apples. / There aren't any apples. NOT There are not apples.
English Grammar
No and None
We use no immediately before a singular or plural noun.
• No man is mortal.
• They have no food and will starve.
• We have got no plans for the summer.
Before a determiner (e.g. the, this, my) or a personal pronoun, we use none of.
Note that we use neither of, not none of, to talk about two people or things.
• Sorry, I can’t stop. I have got no time. (More emphatic than … I haven’t got any time.)
• He is no fool. (More emphatic than He is not a fool.)
• She has done none of the work I told her to do. (More emphatic than She hasn’t done any of
the work …)
But note that we use a singular noun when the sense makes it necessary.
In a short answer:
What did you buy?' 'Nothing.' = I didn't buy anything.
'Where are you going on holiday?''Nowhere, we're just staying at
home this year.'
They've eaten all the cake. There's nothing left. = There isn't
anything left.
Note: There's not nothing left.