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{{otheruses|No (disambiguation)}} |
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'''No''' is an [[English language|English]]/[[Old English]] word indicating [[rejection]], [[disagreement]], [[refusal]] or making a negative response or exclamation. In most cases, it is the opposite of [[yes]]. |
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==Syntax== |
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In English, ''no'' is used more broadly than ''yes''. ''No'' stands by itself as a grammatically sufficient and well-formed response to questions that can be answered ''yes'' or ''no''. ''No'' also functions as a negative determiner, and can appear before any class of noun: [[count noun]]s (''No cats are herbivores''), [[mass noun]]s (''There is no sugar in my tea'') and [[abstract noun]]s (''No peace is unwelcome''). With count nouns, ''no'' also serves as the [[determiner (class)|determiner]] that corresponds to the [[cardinal number]] ''[[zero]]''; the stand-alone and [[pronoun]] form that corresponds to it is ''none'' (''No cats are herbivores; none can fly, either'').<ref>[[Sidney Greenbaum|Greenbaum, Sidney]], ''The Oxford English Grammar'', ss. 4.5, 4.44, 4.46, 5.4, 5.42. (Oxford, 1996: ISBN 0-19-861250-8)</ref> |
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== Advocacy == |
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Several programs aimed at children advocate the [[refusal skills|refusal skill]] of "saying no" in regard to high-risk behaviors, violence, drug, or sexual matters. For example, the American television advertising campaign [[Just Say No]] in the 1980s aimed at spreading awareness about saying "no" to [[recreational drug use]], [[violence]], [[premarital sex]], and other [[vice]]s. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Negative]] |
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* [[Negation]] |
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* [[Double negative]] |
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* [[No No (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[No, No, No (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Not (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Yes and no]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:English words]] |
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[[Category:Interjections]] |
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[[ar:لا]] |
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[[de:Nein]] |
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[[es:Negación (gramática)]] |
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[[gl:Negación]] |
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[[lb:Neen]] |
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[[pt:Não]] |
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[[ru:Нет]] |
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[[simple:No]] |
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[[yi:ניין]] |
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What sad sod wrote this????