What Is Negation?
Negation involves making a sentence negative to show that something is not true or does not happen.
Two Negative Words
Two words are commonly used in English to make a sentence negative:
No
'No' is used as a negative answer to a yes/no question.
It can also come before a noun to make a negative sentence and to show negation.
We have
He has
Not
'Not' is the most common word used with verbs to show negation. For example:
I am not a student.
The short form of 'not' is 'n’t' and it often comes after auxiliary verbs or modal verbs to make the sentence negative.
She
I
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