Betydning af not på engelsk

• 0 (often abbreviated to n’t) a word used for denying, forbidding, refusing, or expressing the opposite of something

  • I did not see him

  • I didn’t see him

  • He isn’t here

  • Isn’t he coming?

  • They told me not to go

  • Not a single person came to the party

  • We’re going to London, not Paris

  • That’s not true!

• 1 used with certain verbs such as hope, seem, believe, expect and also with be afraid

  • ‘Have you got much money?’ ‘I’m afraid not’

  • ‘Is he going to fail his exam?’ ‘I hope not’.