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Bookmark or Share- What is the correct abbreviation for the word "numbers"?The numero sign or numero symbol, № (also represented as Nº, No̲, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word number(s) indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, with the numero sign, the written long-form of the address "Number 22 Acacia Avenue" is shortened to " № 22 Acacia Avenue ", yet both ...
- No, not, and non - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange32. Not is a negative adverb; no is a negative quantifier; non - is a negative prefix. Since negation is so important, thousands of idioms use each of these, among other negatives. Consequently there are lots of exceptions to the general rules below. Non - is not a word, but a part of another word, usually a descriptive adjective: non-lethal ...
- "No, I hadn't." vs "No, I didn't." - English Language & Usage Stack ...3. Did you have lunch at home yesterday? (1) No, I haven't. (2) No, I hadn't. (3) No, I didn't. (4) No, I don't. The relevant word in the question is did, and the corresponding word in the reply would be didn't. So 3. is correct. In the US you might not always find consistency in this.
- parts of speech - Yes, no, adverbs, and interjections - English ...No, you are mistaken. According to ODO (yes, no), they are being used as exclamations which are presumably the same as interjections. Webster (yes, no) and Macmillan (yes, no), on the other hand, reckon that they are adverbs. Wiktionary (yes, no) chucks another spanner by stating that yes is being used as an adverb while no is being used as an ...
- Do "No A or B" and "No A and B" mean the same thing?No, they do not mean generally the same thing. "No A or B" would generally mean "Do not do A, and also do not do B." For instance, a sign saying "No eating or drinking" would mean that both the consumption of food and the drinking of beverages are banned. "No A and B" would mean "Do not do both A and B simultaneously."
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