17. “No”and“Not” “No”和“Not”

A: Hi, Mary. How've things been? I haven't heard anything about your English investigation for weeks. What're you studying now?

B: Now it's negative-“no”and“not”, to be specific.

A: There's nothing particularily unusual about “no”and“not”, is there?

B: Not a lot, really. The main thing seems to be that “not”is used with verbs, and “no”everywhere else.

Notes

How've things been? 情况如何？(问候用语)

Investigations-research

A：你好，玛丽。你过得怎样？我有好几个星期没听到有关你研究英语的情况了。你正在学习什么？

B：现在正在学否定词--“No”和“Not”。

A：对于“No”和“Not”没有什么特别要注意的地方，是吗？

B：的确没有什么，看来主要点在于“Not”和动词连用，而在其他地方用“No”。