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?

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Benicadell

Nov 6, 2015 11:03 PM

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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'.

November 6, 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.

November 6, 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?

November 7, 2015

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