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Doubts I know that we use 'do' like auxiliary verb for negative sentences. For instance: I don't want more pills. But, can we tell? I want no more pills. Is it correct?
6. Nov. 2015 23:03
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Doubts

I know that we use 'do' like auxiliary verb for negative sentences.
For instance:
I don't want more pills.

But, can we tell any difference in this statement?
I want no more pills.

Is it correct?

 

No real difference, you're correct. The 2nd sounds a little more definitive, though.

 

I  believe 'no' is used differently in English than in Spanish (I could be wrong), in that, for instance, saying "I'm no teacher" is a little more intense than saying "I am not a teacher".

Typically, 'no' means 'not any', 'not at all', whereas 'not' means 'for the most part not'.


6. November 2015

Doubts

I know that we use 'do' like auxiliary verb for negative sentences.


For instance:
I don't want more pills.

But, can we tell say?
I want no more pills.

Is it correct?

 

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I think yes its correct. 

 

6. November 2015

Doubts

I know that we use 'do' like auxiliary verb for negative sentences.
For instance:
I don't want more pills.

But, can we say  tell?
I want no more pills. This is considered uneducated English, spoken by the lower classes.  The correct and formal way is, "I do not want any more pills".

Is it correct?

7. November 2015
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