Negation (2)

Negation

• Her handbag appeared to be gone, but not her glasses. Nor her passport.
• She kept none of these appointments.

Use not to make a word or phrase or clause negative.

• I go to the cinema, but not often.
• She found her glasses but not her keys.

Use no with a noun to mean not any.

• There are no tickets left.
• No buses are running today.

Use nor to follow not or no, especially after a comma or to start a new sentence.

• He can't read English, nor write it.
• I eat no meat. Nor fish. I am a strict vegetarian.

Use none to mean not a single one.

• I have seen none of his films.
• How many of these computers work? None.
• None of us have been to France.