Learn how to use ‘no’ and ‘not’ properly in English. Confusing them while speaking is a serious mistake, but even many native speakers don’t know what the rules about this are. In this English grammar lesson, I give you some clear rules you can follow on when to use ‘no’, and when to use ‘not’. Oh, one note: in the lesson, I suggest not using these words in the same sentence. To be clear, they should usually not be used together in the same *clause*.
Mr. James you are a wonderful teacher only you speak a little big fast.I love your personality when you explain your classes.No and not is confuse but now make sense thank you very much.
Milagros
Same with me. But for you mr. Milagros, you can look the text on his white board. That’s the key word.
Dodi
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albertsioson
Hi James. Could you give us some lessons about idioms and slangs?
REY
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aftab khan
Thank you Mr. James for simple and clear explanation.
khalidalharbi
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adam
Very helpful. Surprising how much English grammar is “intuitively known” by a native speaker.
Anon
hi .james . wonderful teacher
ahmed
Very well I learned who use no/not
wallace
Great !
rafarebelo
im very impressive with your lesson, im a beginer to english! you have your own individual way of teaching, i love it…..
Quyen
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paula
Dear James,
Thanks a lot for your funny lesson. what I would like to know on this theme: You said that we do not use “not” before an adjective and noun combination. But what if I write like this” John is not a lazy teacher”? Here the adjective “lazy” & noun “teacher” aren’t in a combination form? My second question, said “no/not” aren’t go together in one clause. But look at the following dialog. Fre you crazy
Abe
if it possible to let me answer you this question “John is not lazy” I think that mr.James said that after verbs we have to use “not” and in your sentence the verb is”is” so simply we use “not” . so it would be a good idea for you to watch the lesson again in order to understand it more and more.
leelian
There is an article before the adjective-noun combination, so you have to use not.
Look at the rules again, it is explained.
But your question was good for me to understand the subject better.
petzi
correction for my second question. Fatma,y are you crazy? No, am not a crazy. would u explain me on these issue? thank you so much for your kind help
Abe
it is really helpful to me. thank you very much our kindness to us.
thinley
thank you for your classes. I want to take a TOEFL exam.Can you help me,please.
isabel
Hi James,
Good lesson,
Shall I take like this, whenever we use DO, DID, DOES we should use NOT, is it right or not?
navin
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sidd
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usman
i would be thankful if any one of you refer me a good spoken English book.
thank in advance.
setlite
Mr.James
What is the difference between in and under as a proposition with examples please
Thank you
Have a nice day
meema
how to download lesson?
touy
It is not possible at this time. YouTube doesn’t allow it.
engVid
Very useful explanation:)
I love english:)
paulaa
thank you a lot my funy teacher
moflehi
i think mr.james is very good in english doing a very good job but the only thing i felt he has learnt by his own & he is used to that language but if a person whose mothertongue is not english will find it very difficult to learn so i think some more study on how a person will quickly grasp the technique of using english should be done.
shweta
2/5 huhuhu
anhphiga
Thank you a lot
nagynagycomposer
thanks
but I can’t see the quiz
Ahmed Elkot
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ahmedelkot
where is the quiz I can’t see it
ahmedelkot
Thanks, teacher good lesson
astgogo22
Yeah,yeah…
I have 5/5 correct answer for that quizs.I like this and i like this website very much.
Thanks for funny teacher! James.
chinh_ltv
I teach ESL and the simple past vs. present perfect was kind of difficult for my students to understand I’ll show your class cause i think you explain it better….TAHNK YOU!!
The teacher
Thank you James for the lesson No/Not I always getconfuse but now I understand better.
Now, could you please explain when use I or I’m
THANK YOU!
ermindapichardo6
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samo
thanx
engvid
jassi
hi…..jassi , if you don’t mind we can have a conversation to improve our speaking skill. i like to speak with indian subcontinent people bcz of easy to understand. wht do u think?
thusan
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RORO
now i understand
juniorjj
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aboyoussef
i like syl and me
aboyoussef
Thank you for lesson
mouza
Thank a lot.your lession very good.it’s help me practice to listen and speak english.
jenny
how can i download this
noerul
You can’t!
engVid
thank you james :)
meryeme
hey i have been watching your videos…really funny and very very good ones..i’ve learned a lot with u…thanksssss
paula
Excellent explanation!
Hugs from brazil!
Rodrigo
Thanks James. I am a brazilian student and I am beginner! Your lesson is easy and I really appreciate because I could understand almost all explanation. You teach with good examples and fun! Thanks!
J.u.l.i.a.n.a
nice
Arani
I do not have problems with the speed of your lecture ,but Why are you moving around all the time?
grubert10
Good Afternoon for all!
Mr. James and Mr E and Sil are pretty good!
Mr James, could you speak a little bit slow? Sometimes you speak very fast. You are incredible teacher. I hope one day a became like you. Thank you.
Carlos From Brazil
oops!james your lessons are just amazing!!!!!!!!111
arjunsjohn
Excelent It’s so clear, and you have a great technique to teach
upenapinto
hahaha good teacher
hernan1
Hello James. I enjoyed the lesson.
Can you explain the difference between buy and purchase? I’ll appreciate it.
jasalgado66
Hello James,
my name is Daniel and I’m studying political science and internacial relations, I found your site through youtube and I mean that in 30 years i have, you are the best English teacher I’ve seen. Thank you and god bless you
dfernandes
thanks alot you are the best
sara
greaty oh!
solchoi9
thanks lot teachers for everything
islem
thanks!
andresito99
Hello James,
Thanks for awesome lecture and made your mind clear ……. I have a question, u said in lecture that use NO with the combination of adj and noun.So is it right way to use………. They are not good people…………..Please reply soon
Arshad Mehmood
oh bad! sir James do not reply to your question… but i think your sentence is correct.
totong
But there was the combination of adj and noun…………………
Arshad Mehmood
yap…but good only modifies people and it is positive… but, it might be wrong if you use bad as modifier to people… then you use not bcoz it becomes double negative… like, “they are not bad people” bcoz it means they are quit good people.
totong
Sorry James….. Made our minds clear instead of your mind………. Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Arshad Mehmood
thank you very much sir and maam to add more knowledge about english……..
Bench
thank you mr james
king12
thanks a lot your style is amazing but you speak quite fast to be understood for beginner students.
Shaimaa
Thanks a lot
boudjemaa
This is the good lesson,but I wonder James said that ” No don’t use with much/any/many/enough” but he give example for yes/no question is “no, I don’t like any cake” is it different?
maingoc
yes, bcoz what i understood is the “no” from that sentence is a dependent clause from the independent clause I don’t like any cake. what sir James used is “not” from the word “don’t” means do not. you can write that sentence in this way “No! I do not like any cake.”.
totong
ahhh! now i can understand, thank you very much totong. ^_^
maingoc
your welcome,,,, I’m glad to help, because even me I need help also to improve my English. So, I hope that we help each other to improve our English…. I’m glad to see you here in EngVid.com….
totong
Nice to meet you, this is my nick in yahoo “huongtu_y4” if you want we can chat together to improve speaking skill. and help each other to improve our English.
Thank you very much for this lesson .I do not think there is difference between no and not
abthamer
ha!ha!ha!ha! I got the quiz! Anyway, your video help to to answer my assignment…Thanks….
totong
ha!ha!ha!ha! I got the quiz! Anyway, your video help me to answer my assignment…Thanks….
totong
thank you for this very funny and useful lesson
Kursat
thanks
Kent
thank you so much for this lesson
godprincess1022
can you also say,” you have no reason for being late?” instead of had.
gwapo
yeah,finally i got a perfect score to ur lessons james.
thanks.
joza
this website is awsome .. I’ve learned so many things here .. thank you so much!
ikhodam
sometimes I confused “no” and “not”,
now I became to know about this.
thanks a lot
joy
Thank you I have 4 answers good i am happy
Hnan
james is acting like a kid
abass
your so funny james and helpful thankyou
abass
Good Job!
Louie
thx,, you are funny teacher james :D
dydy
thank you
salsabeel
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iNGRiD
Many thanks !!!
genadi07
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harisomer
i need some informatoin a bout ielts writing and listening parts
harisomer ahmar
^^, good job guy ! it;s very funny ^^. thank you !
pavel108
thanks bro
mr waltz
if we talking about nor what wolud you say ?
taimoor
v. nice
Ahmad Naqvi
so u really good teacher.
angeligue
you are really good teacher james…I got perfect score..Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
iamjaja
This lesson was very useful to me. Thank you! I´m glad because I understood almost everything you said!You usually talk too fast! But you´re really good!
Sally S
I really like mr.E and Syl. James, you made my day. Thank you. No, really! You are the best!
mr.E and Syl
Thank you mr.James =)
Hanody
great lesson mr.james thank you a lot
hanody
thanks a lot
Genilson
thank u funny lesson…. study with fun and enjoy urself… i have learned more and more thanks
hammad99101
I’m afraid quiz is broken
triceps
You’ll need to use a modern browser like Chrome, Opera, Safari, or Firefox 4+.
engVid
thanks, James. You are very humourous. I love your lessons. Regarding this lesson, I have a question. Why to say ” no good” instead of “not good”?
Huizhuo
5 out of 5)))
I think will be better if you give much more questions for our practice))Thanks anyway))
annytka
thanks sir
sany
Thank you so much. You are a wonderful teacher. ^^
Diane
tnx.
fatiima
I like this lesson. So i urdenstand what he tought.
Leandro
in same time,
1.learn to listen little fast talking
2.no/not
thank you very much.
innsmouth
can you talk slowly please?
lina
thanks forall techar
patrws
Thank you very much ^_^
altamimi24
Thanks James! You are my favorite teacher!
oncleshu
Mr. James thank you very much
Azat
Mr. James you are a wonderful teacher only you speak a little big fast.I love your personality when you explain your classes.No and not is confuse but now make sense thank you very much.
Gm
Hello, James how are you?
I really appreciate your teaching system
wini
it was too fast in several moments
anon
Thanks, James
tamhien
thank you very much
ĐaiƯng
Thanks, James
No i’ll hang around,NOT…HEHE
fargokate
Very useful lesson.Thank you very much.
mauritano
Is it correct to say : I play no challenging sports?
jeffer123
thanks Mr.james ..
anns07
very interest lesson , and i have no other word except thanks .. ( is that true ) Mr. James??
anns07
THANK A LOT
elwahchhh
I have had this confusion for long time, thanks to Mr James I have no doubt about. I will follow the tutorials on the website they are extremaly useful.
Rose
Hello James, I’d like to know wich of these sentences is better:
-I do not have money
-I have no money
Both seem corret to me.
angel
very nice.
Hasan
Thank you a lot!
Dammi
I am very happy because my score was 5/5. The teacher is great.
Thanks.
Gladys
This is a great website and I like James’s lessons very much
nero
awesome……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
surahman
Very interesting lesson. thanks a lot!
jairoenrique
James !
Thanks for your teaching
mmasoe
James !
Thanks !
mmasoe
It was perfect.
kevin
Thank you very much.
fredfrank
thank you so much sir .. ^_^
mouna
Thank you sir
nusiba
Thanks teacher!.. from Chile! :)
Oscar
thanks for teaching me..^^
nutricula
I was asked this question, but I didn’t know how to answer. Like you said, even native speakers they don’t even give me a clear answer. Luckily, I caught your lesson. Thank you so much.
Quynh Le
That´s very nice explanation!! thank you!
Azulclarito
5/5 great lesson,thanks.
rabbani
Open O sesame !
Atef
Thanks, Mr. James. It’s really interesting
Thuy
you’re really funny
ngobao93
excellent sir james , i have impressed very much from you, i had been searching this topic on internet from many days but i didn’t find any thing in detail but at last i got it thank you MR james
whazir ahmed
as you have told us that for any/many/enough/much we have to use not but what about “MORE”
msindian420
mr. james tell me please “there is no cat in a room” or “there is not a cat in a room” both sentences have same meaning or not
sadaqat manzoor
“this is not a chair” and “this is no chair” have same meaning
because you said “not” is used before noun with article
sakhee
“this is not a chair” and “this is no chair” have same meaning???????
because you said “not” is used before noun with article
sakhee
hi…sakhee…… i also have the same problem dude…….
thusan
You are an interesting person, James, and the way you teach is great!!!
Gohar from Armenia
Hi James, thanks a lot! i have a question, please could you make a lesson about the Phrasal Verb?
dommy
5/5 got it wellllll… Thanksss a lott
zoze
Thank’s was a very interesting class I learn some new.
Juancho
ahhh!! now i understand it ?!? please could u make a lesson about SVC pattern and contextual clues?!?
I love it… it helped me so much…. thanks a million…
Clau
Thank you Mr. James
dianayaneth02
i did my best wow i got first…
amjad1
sir you are really very funny. i like you sir
amjad1
The instructor seems to be very comfortable during the class. The lesson and the rules are easy to retain. The visual supports used to convey various rules to the learners are very relevant to me. As an English learner, this is a class could attend without hesitation.
Herve Kamagne
great teacher *_*
haya KSA
i could not use my email, beacuuse it have some problem,
moomina
I enjoyed so much the lesson of James on the difference between No and Not.
By the way, would you recommend me a video course on British English phonetics for sale.
Thank you very much.
Angelino
Angelino Junior do Carmo
i wanna know the differences between them today but i could not get the lesson and i dont know why please help me i really need it it is a matter of life or death :(
tina
ask your mama no is a right answer :( jajjaa
thanks for your time teacher
elkrespo
this is not the point which i wanted i just want the deference between : I do not have idea and I have no
idea
aiman97
hi….james sir……
thanks a lot sir….if you don’t mind,could you explain the different of ” there are no people in the school, there are not people in the school”? sir i have asked this question with number of people but i could not have the meaningful answer therefor i’m looking forward to your answer james………..plz…..plz………reply to my question…………
thusan
James, maybe you could enrich this lesson by explaining how we should use ‘none’ properly, huh? thanks in advance ;) PS> I love your lesson with the Bale’s outburst on the set of “Terminator”, btw, you should do the same on the (bad) language from “Full Metal Jacket”…
ronniepl
It was really a useful lesson like no anybody can do it. Thank you teacher you are not only a good teacher but and a amazing guy . Greetings from Athens.
pafsilipoclub
James much respect to you! I have bin through many English classes, but after 10 min. I could not keep my attention on the lesson….with one word…BORING. You got special gift of how to make the students entertain the whole time and still come back for more :-). As I started to teach English now in Europe I would greatly appreciate some of your teaching tips. Perhaps you can start the “learning teaching” classes yehhhhh! :-)
marie78
5/5 thanks for the lesson.
mimito2013
thnxxxxx alot…. :)
isis1
5/5 thanks james
miranda28
5/5 It’s realy good !
Mr.Maxer
thank you sir……..
tharindudoo
I liked it very much, but I think that your examples about using not before articles preceding nouns and before “many/any/enough” are all examples of the third rule: using “not” to form a negative sentence, to make verbs negatives: “It IS NOT a house”, “I DO NOT HAVE enough time”. I don’t think that the use of NOT here has any relation with the article or the word “enough”. And regarding “enough/many/any”, for me, they are all ADVERBS and not ADJECTIVES…
lorenabrandizzi
5 correct out 5
Thank you,James.
Math catcher
I got ur points very well and I got 100 % IN THE QUIZ…Thanks! Mr. James
Serwan
Thanks Mr. James, your lesson was funny, because of your personality, I hope learn more with yours classes, thanks again from Argentina.
josemiguel1060
Thanks Mr. JAmes. Excellent.
Sue.Sutten
5/5 thanks…
ChristinaGreece
Hi James,
thanks a lot for your exellent lesson
take care
cep62
Thanks James, your way of making students understand is very good. I like it. Thanks again :)
pawanranar
“Long time no see” is really used by native speakers? it sounds very strange to me. If I meet a friend who I haven’t seen for a long time, how should I say?
yohanis5605
How to know when not to use the auxiliary verb to form a negative sentence?
For instance:
I prefer people don’t call me at night”
I prefer people not to call me at night”
“This made him not to change his mind”
“This made him doesn’t change his mind”
Thanks loads!
Silpedra
Hi James,
Could you teach us about negative infinitive?
Thanks.
kaezer
Hi James what is the difference between, I have no money and I don t have money could you explain tha to me ? please !
pitote
Hi James, you have very interesting teaching style. i love it.
rizkhan82
Thank you for the wonderful lesson.
Iamhere.
Thank you for giving a lesson
suresh chintala
WoW !!! I got 5 point.Thx james
Kedter
No bad, I do not suprise with your way to teach excellent work. Thank you.
Kostas690
I do not like cake. This is my sentence. Can I put an article before ‘cake’?
Lodivikus
Excellent!!!
Maribelle
I asked my mother how many rules there were. She had no answer.
Lisafromitaly
James, could you tell me if these sentences are
correct? It’s about the NOT thing.
Preceeds a noun that has an article:
1) He wants a pen, not a pencil.
With many, any and so on…
2)He brought some cokes, NOT many.
Negatives: Can it be in the contracted form?
She isn’t patient at all.
Please, tell me if it’s okay or NOT okay! Geez!
Sonia1234
Please, James, could you write me something about
my sentences with NOT?
I’d like to know if they are correct.
Ah! I was doing some thinking and I remembered
the famous Shakespearean ” To be or NOT to be”.
So, before infinitives with to we use NOT.
See? I’d like to NOT be boring, but once again
could you say something about my sentences???
Sonia1234
Thank U for giving a lesson.
Mahesh Magar
Oh!Oh!I think I made a huge mistake. I wrote:
“I’d like to NOT be boring” but I think it’s
totally wrong. Should it be:
“I’d like NOT to be boring”.
Now, I really don’t know how to say this using
the NOT thing. I think I have to use another
example. I need to put on my thinking hat.
James, will you ever correct my sentences?
Thanks in advance.
Sonia1234
one feature of your lessons is – i have always burning my toasts
koktov
Thank you!
Nao Tsuboya
Hi James, thanks for this good lesson.
Andahazy
thank you ……… mr. james
akm.safras
Thanks for this great lesson.
VictorMario
There are no good teachers in Srilanka to teach correct English.so thanks a lot…….
saranga
Hi James I’m Sarah,
Can you Please do a vocabulary lesson about politics, vote, rights and all that Stuff.
Thanks on d’avance (Merci d’avance).
Sunsarah
I don’t believe in grammar at all ! (As Aj Hoge Says too)
grammar just makes you confused and because of that your english get worse!!!
If you want to speak fluently, you don’t have time to think about grammar at all!
The words must come out automatically without thinking like when you ride a bicycle without thinking how to ride.
And like a native illiterate person that can speak very well but obviously he/she does not know any (i mean any) grammar!
Mohsen Barati
Thanks good lesson
Jackelinebsanchez1
Is confuse no and not for me but I understand the lesson. Thanks james.
recunha
My heartfelt request is please change the figure of Mr.E That’s disgusting to see all the times give nice fig for Mr.E..
Sivakumar
What about none,nor, non
luciomc85
Great way to explain it!!
Thanks!
AnnaAriel
I did not know these rules!Thank you very much!
pl.Natalia
James
Thank you for the lesson.
remcruz
Thanks you so much.
Marta Lopez
I’ve got 5 correct out of 5 :D
Thank you!
Desita
I had 5/5.Thank you mr James
Minhchien7906
Thanks for the lecture.
ashishzaware@gmail.com
An easy lesson but we shouldn’t forget it though sometimes we may have doubts about it, anyway it was an interesting lesson. Thanks a lot, teacher James Greer from Engvid.
angardiobel
Hi everbody
I got a question. It’s said that ‘Not’ cannot be used before a noun unless there is an adjective before it but why has one of the magazines i’ve seen written this sentence’Not heroes,but monsters’ despite the fact that hero is a noun!!
Asterisk 45
Thank you James
kheireddine007
Thank you a lot. You’re great!
erikagiacometti
thanks!
shihai182
I got 5 correct out of 5.
Thank you James.
YICHU CHAO
you are a great teacher Mr James. i love your sense of humour
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268 COMMENTS
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yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
I am the first one :)
big thanx (f)
thank you for the lesson :)))
realy its great lesson,,,BTW crista we both from indonesia…we love ENGVID…
yeah….. I love it, and downloaded some of the videos :)
realy..?its good.could i share about english with you cristal?this is my mail.www.mmardianaalfath@yahoo.com
Thanks……………….
It’s very good way for development.
its is really good teach
Thank you james
hi thanks
We can’t find the proper words 2 thank u
Mr. James you are a wonderful teacher only you speak a little big fast.I love your personality when you explain your classes.No and not is confuse but now make sense thank you very much.
Same with me. But for you mr. Milagros, you can look the text on his white board. That’s the key word.
this website is awsome .. I’ve learned so many things here .. thank you so much!
Hi James. Could you give us some lessons about idioms and slangs?
big thnxxxxxxxx madam
Thank you Mr. James for simple and clear explanation.
mr james , you a funny teacher who Atract his student , thank yuo a teacher
Very helpful. Surprising how much English grammar is “intuitively known” by a native speaker.
hi .james . wonderful teacher
Very well I learned who use no/not
Great !
im very impressive with your lesson, im a beginer to english! you have your own individual way of teaching, i love it…..
you are right…hes unique..original…a great way of teaching…great!!!!!
Dear James,
Thanks a lot for your funny lesson. what I would like to know on this theme: You said that we do not use “not” before an adjective and noun combination. But what if I write like this” John is not a lazy teacher”? Here the adjective “lazy” & noun “teacher” aren’t in a combination form? My second question, said “no/not” aren’t go together in one clause. But look at the following dialog. Fre you crazy
if it possible to let me answer you this question “John is not lazy” I think that mr.James said that after verbs we have to use “not” and in your sentence the verb is”is” so simply we use “not” . so it would be a good idea for you to watch the lesson again in order to understand it more and more.
There is an article before the adjective-noun combination, so you have to use not.
Look at the rules again, it is explained.
But your question was good for me to understand the subject better.
correction for my second question. Fatma,y are you crazy? No, am not a crazy. would u explain me on these issue? thank you so much for your kind help
it is really helpful to me. thank you very much our kindness to us.
thank you for your classes. I want to take a TOEFL exam.Can you help me,please.
Hi James,
Good lesson,
Shall I take like this, whenever we use DO, DID, DOES we should use NOT, is it right or not?
hi great
thank you sir.can i join you on face book
this a good sit for me and thanks a lot for open this sit and do the work on this and this a very very good operchunity
i would be thankful if any one of you refer me a good spoken English book.
thank in advance.
Mr.James
What is the difference between in and under as a proposition with examples please
Thank you
Have a nice day
how to download lesson?
It is not possible at this time. YouTube doesn’t allow it.
Very useful explanation:)
I love english:)
thank you a lot my funy teacher
i think mr.james is very good in english doing a very good job but the only thing i felt he has learnt by his own & he is used to that language but if a person whose mothertongue is not english will find it very difficult to learn so i think some more study on how a person will quickly grasp the technique of using english should be done.
2/5 huhuhu
Thank you a lot
thanks
but I can’t see the quiz
thanks
where is the quiz I can’t see it
Thanks, teacher good lesson
Yeah,yeah…
I have 5/5 correct answer for that quizs.I like this and i like this website very much.
Thanks for funny teacher! James.
I teach ESL and the simple past vs. present perfect was kind of difficult for my students to understand I’ll show your class cause i think you explain it better….TAHNK YOU!!
Thank you James for the lesson No/Not I always getconfuse but now I understand better.
Now, could you please explain when use I or I’m
THANK YOU!
thanks for all
thanx
engvid
hi…..jassi , if you don’t mind we can have a conversation to improve our speaking skill. i like to speak with indian subcontinent people bcz of easy to understand. wht do u think?
thanks alot
now i understand
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
i like syl and me
Thank you for lesson
Thank a lot.your lession very good.it’s help me practice to listen and speak english.
how can i download this
You can’t!
thank you james :)
hey i have been watching your videos…really funny and very very good ones..i’ve learned a lot with u…thanksssss
Excellent explanation!
Hugs from brazil!
Thanks James. I am a brazilian student and I am beginner! Your lesson is easy and I really appreciate because I could understand almost all explanation. You teach with good examples and fun! Thanks!
nice
I do not have problems with the speed of your lecture ,but Why are you moving around all the time?
Good Afternoon for all!
Mr. James and Mr E and Sil are pretty good!
Mr James, could you speak a little bit slow? Sometimes you speak very fast. You are incredible teacher. I hope one day a became like you. Thank you.
oops!james your lessons are just amazing!!!!!!!!111
Excelent It’s so clear, and you have a great technique to teach
hahaha good teacher
Hello James. I enjoyed the lesson.
Can you explain the difference between buy and purchase? I’ll appreciate it.
Hello James,
my name is Daniel and I’m studying political science and internacial relations, I found your site through youtube and I mean that in 30 years i have, you are the best English teacher I’ve seen. Thank you and god bless you
thanks alot you are the best
greaty oh!
thanks lot teachers for everything
thanks!
Hello James,
Thanks for awesome lecture and made your mind clear ……. I have a question, u said in lecture that use NO with the combination of adj and noun.So is it right way to use………. They are not good people…………..Please reply soon
oh bad! sir James do not reply to your question… but i think your sentence is correct.
But there was the combination of adj and noun…………………
yap…but good only modifies people and it is positive… but, it might be wrong if you use bad as modifier to people… then you use not bcoz it becomes double negative… like, “they are not bad people” bcoz it means they are quit good people.
Sorry James….. Made our minds clear instead of your mind………. Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
thank you very much sir and maam to add more knowledge about english……..
thank you mr james
thanks a lot your style is amazing but you speak quite fast to be understood for beginner students.
Thanks a lot
This is the good lesson,but I wonder James said that ” No don’t use with much/any/many/enough” but he give example for yes/no question is “no, I don’t like any cake” is it different?
yes, bcoz what i understood is the “no” from that sentence is a dependent clause from the independent clause I don’t like any cake. what sir James used is “not” from the word “don’t” means do not. you can write that sentence in this way “No! I do not like any cake.”.
ahhh! now i can understand, thank you very much totong. ^_^
your welcome,,,, I’m glad to help, because even me I need help also to improve my English. So, I hope that we help each other to improve our English…. I’m glad to see you here in EngVid.com….
Nice to meet you, this is my nick in yahoo “huongtu_y4” if you want we can chat together to improve speaking skill. and help each other to improve our English.
thanks, my account also is vinz_2o@yahoo.com… see you there…
Thank you very much for this lesson .I do not think there is difference between no and not
ha!ha!ha!ha! I got the quiz! Anyway, your video help to to answer my assignment…Thanks….
ha!ha!ha!ha! I got the quiz! Anyway, your video help me to answer my assignment…Thanks….
thank you for this very funny and useful lesson
thanks
thank you so much for this lesson
can you also say,” you have no reason for being late?” instead of had.
yeah,finally i got a perfect score to ur lessons james.
thanks.
this website is awsome .. I’ve learned so many things here .. thank you so much!
sometimes I confused “no” and “not”,
now I became to know about this.
thanks a lot
Thank you I have 4 answers good i am happy
james is acting like a kid
your so funny james and helpful thankyou
Good Job!
thx,, you are funny teacher james :D
thank you
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Many thanks !!!
thanks alot from your best site i love it alot and i always learn lots of thing from your site
i need some informatoin a bout ielts writing and listening parts
^^, good job guy ! it;s very funny ^^. thank you !
thanks bro
if we talking about nor what wolud you say ?
v. nice
so u really good teacher.
you are really good teacher james…I got perfect score..Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
This lesson was very useful to me. Thank you! I´m glad because I understood almost everything you said!You usually talk too fast! But you´re really good!
I really like mr.E and Syl. James, you made my day. Thank you. No, really! You are the best!
Thank you mr.James =)
great lesson mr.james thank you a lot
thanks a lot
thank u funny lesson…. study with fun and enjoy urself… i have learned more and more thanks
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thanks, James. You are very humourous. I love your lessons. Regarding this lesson, I have a question. Why to say ” no good” instead of “not good”?
5 out of 5)))
I think will be better if you give much more questions for our practice))Thanks anyway))
thanks sir
Thank you so much. You are a wonderful teacher. ^^
tnx.
I like this lesson. So i urdenstand what he tought.
in same time,
1.learn to listen little fast talking
2.no/not
thank you very much.
can you talk slowly please?
thanks forall techar
Thank you very much ^_^
Thanks James! You are my favorite teacher!
Mr. James thank you very much
Mr. James you are a wonderful teacher only you speak a little big fast.I love your personality when you explain your classes.No and not is confuse but now make sense thank you very much.
Hello, James how are you?
I really appreciate your teaching system
it was too fast in several moments
Thanks, James
thank you very much
Thanks, James
No i’ll hang around,NOT…HEHE
Very useful lesson.Thank you very much.
Is it correct to say : I play no challenging sports?
thanks Mr.james ..
very interest lesson , and i have no other word except thanks .. ( is that true ) Mr. James??
THANK A LOT
I have had this confusion for long time, thanks to Mr James I have no doubt about. I will follow the tutorials on the website they are extremaly useful.
Hello James, I’d like to know wich of these sentences is better:
-I do not have money
-I have no money
Both seem corret to me.
very nice.
Thank you a lot!
I am very happy because my score was 5/5. The teacher is great.
Thanks.
This is a great website and I like James’s lessons very much
awesome……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very interesting lesson. thanks a lot!
James !
Thanks for your teaching
James !
Thanks !
It was perfect.
Thank you very much.
thank you so much sir .. ^_^
Thank you sir
Thanks teacher!.. from Chile! :)
thanks for teaching me..^^
I was asked this question, but I didn’t know how to answer. Like you said, even native speakers they don’t even give me a clear answer. Luckily, I caught your lesson. Thank you so much.
That´s very nice explanation!! thank you!
5/5 great lesson,thanks.
Open O sesame !
Thanks, Mr. James. It’s really interesting
you’re really funny
excellent sir james , i have impressed very much from you, i had been searching this topic on internet from many days but i didn’t find any thing in detail but at last i got it thank you MR james
as you have told us that for any/many/enough/much we have to use not but what about “MORE”
mr. james tell me please “there is no cat in a room” or “there is not a cat in a room” both sentences have same meaning or not
“this is not a chair” and “this is no chair” have same meaning
because you said “not” is used before noun with article
“this is not a chair” and “this is no chair” have same meaning???????
because you said “not” is used before noun with article
hi…sakhee…… i also have the same problem dude…….
You are an interesting person, James, and the way you teach is great!!!
Hi James, thanks a lot! i have a question, please could you make a lesson about the Phrasal Verb?
5/5 got it wellllll… Thanksss a lott
Thank’s was a very interesting class I learn some new.
ahhh!! now i understand it ?!? please could u make a lesson about SVC pattern and contextual clues?!?
thanks alot again mr. James
Thanks a lot Mr.James :D
So interesting this lesson, a lot of thanks.
Thank you very much.
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:D Yaaaaaaaaaaaay ! 5/5 !! great !
I love it… it helped me so much…. thanks a million…
Thank you Mr. James
i did my best wow i got first…
sir you are really very funny. i like you sir
The instructor seems to be very comfortable during the class. The lesson and the rules are easy to retain. The visual supports used to convey various rules to the learners are very relevant to me. As an English learner, this is a class could attend without hesitation.
great teacher *_*
i could not use my email, beacuuse it have some problem,
I enjoyed so much the lesson of James on the difference between No and Not.
By the way, would you recommend me a video course on British English phonetics for sale.
Thank you very much.
Angelino
i wanna know the differences between them today but i could not get the lesson and i dont know why please help me i really need it it is a matter of life or death :(
ask your mama no is a right answer :( jajjaa
thanks for your time teacher
this is not the point which i wanted i just want the deference between : I do not have idea and I have no
idea
hi….james sir……
thanks a lot sir….if you don’t mind,could you explain the different of ” there are no people in the school, there are not people in the school”? sir i have asked this question with number of people but i could not have the meaningful answer therefor i’m looking forward to your answer james………..plz…..plz………reply to my question…………
James, maybe you could enrich this lesson by explaining how we should use ‘none’ properly, huh? thanks in advance ;) PS> I love your lesson with the Bale’s outburst on the set of “Terminator”, btw, you should do the same on the (bad) language from “Full Metal Jacket”…
It was really a useful lesson like no anybody can do it. Thank you teacher you are not only a good teacher but and a amazing guy . Greetings from Athens.
James much respect to you! I have bin through many English classes, but after 10 min. I could not keep my attention on the lesson….with one word…BORING. You got special gift of how to make the students entertain the whole time and still come back for more :-). As I started to teach English now in Europe I would greatly appreciate some of your teaching tips. Perhaps you can start the “learning teaching” classes yehhhhh! :-)
5/5 thanks for the lesson.
thnxxxxx alot…. :)
5/5 thanks james
5/5 It’s realy good !
thank you sir……..
I liked it very much, but I think that your examples about using not before articles preceding nouns and before “many/any/enough” are all examples of the third rule: using “not” to form a negative sentence, to make verbs negatives: “It IS NOT a house”, “I DO NOT HAVE enough time”. I don’t think that the use of NOT here has any relation with the article or the word “enough”. And regarding “enough/many/any”, for me, they are all ADVERBS and not ADJECTIVES…
5 correct out 5
Thank you,James.
I got ur points very well and I got 100 % IN THE QUIZ…Thanks! Mr. James
Thanks Mr. James, your lesson was funny, because of your personality, I hope learn more with yours classes, thanks again from Argentina.
Thanks Mr. JAmes. Excellent.
5/5 thanks…
Hi James,
thanks a lot for your exellent lesson
take care
Thanks James, your way of making students understand is very good. I like it. Thanks again :)
“Long time no see” is really used by native speakers? it sounds very strange to me. If I meet a friend who I haven’t seen for a long time, how should I say?
How to know when not to use the auxiliary verb to form a negative sentence?
For instance:
I prefer people don’t call me at night”
I prefer people not to call me at night”
“This made him not to change his mind”
“This made him doesn’t change his mind”
Thanks loads!
Hi James,
Could you teach us about negative infinitive?
Thanks.
Hi James what is the difference between, I have no money and I don t have money could you explain tha to me ? please !
Hi James, you have very interesting teaching style. i love it.
Thank you for the wonderful lesson.
Thank you for giving a lesson
WoW !!! I got 5 point.Thx james
No bad, I do not suprise with your way to teach excellent work. Thank you.
I do not like cake. This is my sentence. Can I put an article before ‘cake’?
Excellent!!!
I asked my mother how many rules there were. She had no answer.
James, could you tell me if these sentences are
correct? It’s about the NOT thing.
Preceeds a noun that has an article:
1) He wants a pen, not a pencil.
With many, any and so on…
2)He brought some cokes, NOT many.
Negatives: Can it be in the contracted form?
She isn’t patient at all.
Please, tell me if it’s okay or NOT okay! Geez!
Please, James, could you write me something about
my sentences with NOT?
I’d like to know if they are correct.
Ah! I was doing some thinking and I remembered
the famous Shakespearean ” To be or NOT to be”.
So, before infinitives with to we use NOT.
See? I’d like to NOT be boring, but once again
could you say something about my sentences???
Thank U for giving a lesson.
Oh!Oh!I think I made a huge mistake. I wrote:
“I’d like to NOT be boring” but I think it’s
totally wrong. Should it be:
“I’d like NOT to be boring”.
Now, I really don’t know how to say this using
the NOT thing. I think I have to use another
example. I need to put on my thinking hat.
James, will you ever correct my sentences?
Thanks in advance.
one feature of your lessons is – i have always burning my toasts
Thank you!
Hi James, thanks for this good lesson.
thank you ……… mr. james
Thanks for this great lesson.
There are no good teachers in Srilanka to teach correct English.so thanks a lot…….
Hi James I’m Sarah,
Can you Please do a vocabulary lesson about politics, vote, rights and all that Stuff.
Thanks on d’avance (Merci d’avance).
I don’t believe in grammar at all ! (As Aj Hoge Says too)
grammar just makes you confused and because of that your english get worse!!!
If you want to speak fluently, you don’t have time to think about grammar at all!
The words must come out automatically without thinking like when you ride a bicycle without thinking how to ride.
And like a native illiterate person that can speak very well but obviously he/she does not know any (i mean any) grammar!
Thanks good lesson
Is confuse no and not for me but I understand the lesson. Thanks james.
My heartfelt request is please change the figure of Mr.E That’s disgusting to see all the times give nice fig for Mr.E..
What about none,nor, non
Great way to explain it!!
Thanks!
I did not know these rules!Thank you very much!
James
Thank you for the lesson.
Thanks you so much.
I’ve got 5 correct out of 5 :D
Thank you!
I had 5/5.Thank you mr James
Thanks for the lecture.
An easy lesson but we shouldn’t forget it though sometimes we may have doubts about it, anyway it was an interesting lesson. Thanks a lot, teacher James Greer from Engvid.
Hi everbody
I got a question. It’s said that ‘Not’ cannot be used before a noun unless there is an adjective before it but why has one of the magazines i’ve seen written this sentence’Not heroes,but monsters’ despite the fact that hero is a noun!!
Thank you James
Thank you a lot. You’re great!
thanks!
I got 5 correct out of 5.
Thank you James.
you are a great teacher Mr James. i love your sense of humour
Thank you so much
You got 5 correct out of 5.
Thank you Mr. James.
Thank you so much.
thank you so much
I got 100%
I got it little by little!
Sir,you makes easy grammer for me,thanks so much.
Thank You! Very useful!
Hey why i will pick the “Ask your mama”
Thank you!
Good lesson . Thank u ^_^