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no
Adverb
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used to disagree or refuse (not accept).
No, I do not fish.
I'm I ready? No, I still have some things to do first.
no
Determinative
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Not any.
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
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Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
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Not; not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
not
Adverb
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"Not" makes the verb of a sentence have the opposite meaning.
I was not there.
I am not fat!
not
Conjunction
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The item before "not" is more correct or better than the item after "not".
I wanted tea, not coffee!
Meaning: I wanted tea. I did not want coffee.
It's stupid, not funny.
Meaning: It is stupid. It is not funny.
not
Interjection
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Used to indicate the sentence before is sarcastic or ironic. This means that the sentence has the opposite meaning.
I like doing lots of boring homework. Not!
Meaning: I do not like doing lots of boring homework.
today
Pronoun
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Today is the current day, the day that is happening now, the day between yesterday and tomorrow.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I have class today.
Today's meeting should be short.
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Today is modern times; the present in general.
Today we don't have many of the old problems but we have many new ones.