yes vs no
yes
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.
The scale of the economic gulf between the two parties came as two polls yesterday showed that the election remained wide open.
no
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.
What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
