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Unit
7 7 Anot + any no none
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The car park is em pty.
There aren't an y cars
There are no cars
in the car park.
H o w m any cars are there in the car park?
None.
not (-n't) + any
O There aren't an y cars in the car park.
O Tracey and Jack don't have any children,
j You can have som e coffee, but I don't w ant any.
no + n ou n (no cars / no garden etc.)
no ... = not any o r not a
J There are no cars in the car park. (= there aren't any cars)
( ) W e have no coffee. (= we d o n 't have any coffee)
( ) It's a nice house, but there's no garden. (= there isn't a garden)
W e use no ... especially after have and there is/ are.
n egative verb + any = p osit ive verb + no
They don't have any children, o r They have no children.
(n o t They don't have no child ren)
There isn't any sugar in yo ur coffee, o r There's no sugar in yo ur coffee.
no and none
Use no + n ou n (no m oney / no children etc.):
W e have no money.
) Everything was O K. There were no problems.
Use none alone ( w it h o u t a no un):
'H o w m uch m o ney do you have?' 'None.' (= no m o ney)
'W ere there any problems?' 'No, none.' (= no problem s)
none and no-one
none = 0 (zero)
no-one = n obody
N one is an answer for How m uch? / How m any? (things or people):
a: How m uch m oney do you have?
B: None. (= no m o ney)
O a: H o w m any people did you meet?
b: None. (= no people)
N o-one is an answer for Who?:
a: W ho did you meet?
b: N o-one. (o r N obody.)
164 ( negatives - » Unit 43 some and any 4 Unit 76 anybody/ nobody/ nothing etc. Units 78- 79 )