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Unit 77 · Determiners and pronouns

not + any no none

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A

The car park is empty.

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There aren't any cars in the car park.

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There are no cars in the car park.

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How many cars are there in the car park? None.

not (-n't) + any

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There aren't any cars in the car park.

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Tracey and Jack don't have any children.

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You can have some coffee, but I don't want any.

no + noun (no cars / no garden etc.)

no ... = not any or not a

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There are no cars in the car park. (= there aren't any cars)

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We have no coffee. (= we don't have any coffee)

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It's a nice house, but there's no garden. (= there isn't a garden)

We use no ... especially after have and there is/are.

negative verb + any = positive verb + no

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They don't have any children. or They have no children.

(not They don't have no children)

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There isn't any sugar in your coffee. or There's no sugar in your coffee.

B

no and none

Use no + noun (no money / no children etc.):

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We have no money.

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Everything was OK. There were no problems.

Use none alone (without a noun):

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'How much money do you have?' 'None.' (= no money)

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'Were there any problems?' 'No, none.' (= no problems)

C

none and no-one

none = 0 (zero) no-one = nobody

None is an answer for How much? / How many? (things or people):

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A: How much money do you have? B: None. (= no money)

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A: How many people did you meet? B: None. (= no people)

No-one is an answer for Who?:

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A: Who did you meet? B: No-one. (or Nobody.)

Exercises (6)

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77.1

Write these sentences again with no.

  1. 1
    We haven't got any money. We've got example
  2. 2
    There aren't any shops near here. There are
  3. 3
    Carla hasn't got any free time. Carla
  4. 4
    There isn't a light in this room. There's
77.1b

Write these sentences again with any.

  1. 1
    We've got no money. We haven't got example
  2. 2
    There's no milk in the fridge. There isn't
  3. 3
    There are no buses today. There aren't
  4. 4
    Tom has got no brothers or sisters. Tom
77.2

Write no or any.

  1. 1
    There's sugar in your coffee.example
  2. 2
    My brother is married, but he hasn't got children.
  3. 3
    Sue doesn't speak foreign languages.
  4. 4
    I'm afraid there's coffee. Would you like some tea?
  5. 5
    'Look at those birds!' 'Birds? Where? I can't see birds.'
  6. 6
    'Do you know where Jessica is?' 'No, I've got idea.'
77.2b

Write no, any or none.

  1. 1
    There aren't pictures on the wall.
  2. 2
    The weather was cold, but there was wind.
  3. 3
    I wanted to buy some oranges, but they didn't have in the shop.
  4. 4
    Everything was correct. There were mistakes.
  5. 5
    'How much luggage have you got?' ''
  6. 6
    'How much luggage have you got?' 'I haven't got '
77.3

Complete the sentences. Use any or no + the words in the box.

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  1. 1
    Everything was OK. There were example
  2. 2
    Jack and Emily would like to go on holiday, but they've got
  3. 3
    I'm not going to answer
  4. 4
    He's always alone. He's got
  5. 5
    There is between these two machines. They're exactly the same.
  6. 6
    There wasn't in the room. It was completely empty.
  7. 7
    I tried to phone you yesterday, but there was
  8. 8
    The house is cold because there isn't
  9. 9
    There was outside the cinema, so we didn't have to wait to get our tickets.
77.4

Write short answers (one or two words) to these questions. Use none where necessary.

  1. 1
    How many letters did you write yesterday? (or A lot. or None.)example
  2. 2
    How many sisters have you got?
  3. 3
    How much coffee did you drink yesterday?
  4. 4
    How many photographs have you taken today?
  5. 5
    How many legs has a snake got?