Negation for beginners
Negation is the act of making a term, phrase, or clause negative or opposite. In this article, you will learn how to make negations.
What Is Negation?
If your teacher thinks you cheated on your exam and you say that you did not, what you said is called negation.
Two Negative Words
Here, we will learn two basic words in English that are used to make a sentence negative:
No
We can use 'no' as a negative answer to a yes/no question.
We can use 'no' before a noun to make a negative sentence and to show negation.
We have
He has
Not
'Not' is the most common word that we use to show negation.
I am not a student.
Its short form is 'n’t' and it often comes after an auxiliary verb or a modal verb to make it negative.
She
I