How to use not in a sentence. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Not is one of the most common words we use to indicate negation
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It is often shortened to n’t and joined to an auxiliary verb or modal verb
… not in negative statements (she hasn’t …, i did not …)
Not /nɒt/ adv used to negate the sentence, phrase, or word that it modifies I will not stand for it (in combination) They cannot go not that ⇒ (conjunction) which is not to say or suppose that I expect to lose the game — not that i mindalso (archaic)
Not but what sentence substitute used to indicate denial, negation, or refusal 14th century not, variant of. (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition). See examples of not used in a sentence.
In conversation, when not is used after be, have, do, or a modal, it is not usually pronounced in full
When you write down what someone says, you usually represent not as n't and add it to the verb in front of it. Not is a powerful word When hamlet says to be or not to be, he is questioning whether he should live or die, the inverse of living Just be careful of what's called a double negative, where you use not with another negating word and end up negating your negation.
You use not, usually in the form n't, in questions which imply that someone should have done something, or to express surprise that something is not the case Why didn't you do it months ago Why couldn't he listen to her Hasn't anyone ever kissed you before?
In this case not cannot appear after the verb
Some authorities recommend placing it before to to avoid a split infinitive, but for most speakers the forms not to do and to not do are more or less interchangeable, with the latter being mostly informal. Definition of not adverb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
