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Next can also be used to talk about the nearest position in a row. My girlfriend lives next door. Who works in the next office? The people at the next table were having a terrible argument.
Next to means 'beside'. Come and sit next to me.
376 no, none and not a/any
1 no: emphatic
No can be used instead of not a or not any when we want to emphasise a negative idea.
Would you believe it? There's no wardrobe in the bedroom! (More emphatic than ... There isn't a wardrobe ...)
Sorry I can't stop. I've got no time.
(More emphatic than ... I haven't got any time.)
There were no letters for you this morning, I'm afraid. (More emphatic than There weren't any letters ...)
After no, countable nouns are usually plural unless the sense makes a singular noun necessary. Compare:
He's got no children. (More natural than He's got no child.) He's got no wife. (More normal than He's got no wives.)
2 none of
Before a determiner (e.g. the, my, this) or a pronoun, we use none of She's done none ofthe work. (NOT ••. fit} t}f the f:IItIrk .)
We understood none ofhis arguments.
I've been to none o f those places. None o f us speaks French.
When we use none ofwith a plural noun or pronoun, the verb can be singular (a little more formal) or plural (a little more informal).
None o f my friends is interested. (more formal)
None ofmyfriends are interested. (more informal) We can use none alone if the meaning is clear.
How many ofthe books have you read? ,.,None.
3 nota/any
We prefer not a/any in objects and complements when the sense is not emphatic. Compare:
He's no fooL (= He's not a fool at all. - emphatic negative)
A whale is not a fish. (NOT 14 wltttle is fit} fish) - the sense is not emphatic.
4 subjects
Not any cannot normally be used with subjects. No and none ofare used instead.
No brand of cigarette is completely harmless. (NOT NBt any brand . ..) No tourists ever came to our village. (NOT N(lt tiny t(}urists ...J
None ofmy friends lives near me. (NOT N(lt tiny ttfmyfrientls ...)
5 not used to talk about two
We use neither, not no or none, to talk about two people or things (see 372). Neither of my parents could be there. (NOT N(me of my pttFmts ...)
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