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'No' vs 'not any' vs 'none'
Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? Here comes Sam to tell us everything about nothing -no, not any and none, that is! Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!
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Sam
Hi, I’m Sam from BBC Learning English, and today we’re looking at the difference between no, not any and none. Let's have a look.
Imagine you ask me this question: Do you have any change?
I have zero change, and I can say this in three different ways:
Sorry, I have no change. – where we use the verb have with no followed by a noun.
Sorry, I don’t have any change. – where we use the negative don’t followed by the verb followed by any followed by the noun.
Or, I can say: Sorry, none at all – where we use none without a verb or a noun, so it's a short answer.
So now you shouldn’t have any problems with this!
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Do you have any change?
No + noun
We can use the verb + no + a noun
- Sorry, I have no change
- I have no idea what you mean.
Don't + verb + any + noun
We can use the negative don’t + the verb + any + the noun.
- Sorry, I don't have any change.
- He doesn't have any time to speak.
None
We can use none without a verb or noun. It's a short answer.
- Sorry, none at all.
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Does English like double negatives?Question 1 of 3
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None can be used as a short answer, how?Question 3 of 3
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