Difference between revisions of "Not"
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| + | <p>Negations of this sort are considered to be adverbs by almost all dictionaries, | ||
| + | like the words <i>yes</i> and <i>no</i>. Some Indo-European examples:</p> | ||
| + | *nicht (Germ.) | ||
| + | *non (Lat.) | ||
| + | *pas (Fr.) | ||
| + | *nje (не) (Russ.) | ||
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<p>Some deny the existence of determiners (articles, demonstratives, quantifiers), so the idea that a grammatical class such as predeterminers should exist is not always welcomed easily, especially by those who teach what is known in France as <i>la grammaire scolaire</i>.</p> | <p>Some deny the existence of determiners (articles, demonstratives, quantifiers), so the idea that a grammatical class such as predeterminers should exist is not always welcomed easily, especially by those who teach what is known in France as <i>la grammaire scolaire</i>.</p> | ||
Revision as of 16:08, 22 January 2014
Contents
negation
form
- not or n't
adverb
Negations of this sort are considered to be adverbs by almost all dictionaries, like the words yes and no. Some Indo-European examples:
- nicht (Germ.)
- non (Lat.)
- pas (Fr.)
- nje (не) (Russ.)
predeterminer
Some deny the existence of determiners (articles, demonstratives, quantifiers), so the idea that a grammatical class such as predeterminers should exist is not always welcomed easily, especially by those who teach what is known in France as la grammaire scolaire.
- Not a one
- Not everybody
- not some time later (6m examples at Google, not a few of which are difficult to evaluate grammatically)
- not a few of which
- not the least of which
In any case, it is clear that the boundaries between adverbs and determination in the noun phrase (particularly deictic determination: today, tomorrow, this, that) are relatively fuzzy. At least four of the examples would clearly seem to be noun phrases.
