no vs yes
Definitions
adverb
- not in any degree or manner; not at all
- used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement
- referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
noun
- a negative
adjective
- (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of
Examples
It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
Definitions
noun
- an affirmative
Examples
She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
But yes, good of Prof. Adler, who I hope will be a little chary of Althousian pseudoreality in future.
Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
