"Not I" is grammatically correct but old-fashioned and formal. People don't speak like that nowadays. "Who took my book?" If you say "Not I" that means "I didn't take your book" If you say "Not me" (which is the prefered version) that means "It wasn't me who took your book" The same is in the affirmative sentences, where the "I" version is formal.

[He is not invited.] This example is good to show that in some cases, a negative adjective can be formed with un: uninteresting, unintelligent, unseen, unknown. Each of those can also be expressed as: not interesting, not intelligent, not seen, and not known. In these examples: 2a) Wildlife is virtually not existent in this area.

It is merely that "neither/nor" is not typical usage, and would sound stilted to most listeners for the examples given. – Mark G B Commented Dec 10, 2017 at 16:35

2015年7月5日 · In each case, the "not" in "There is not" is part of the verb, making the verb negative, whereas the "no" is part of the subject, making the subject negative. So you can't really compare "there is no" with "there is not" - just remember that in English, you are not allowed to have both the verb and subject expressed negatively.

In the Python sketch, the emphasised word is 'it' not, 'not'. Part of the humour in the sketch is the repetition of it - 'It is.' 'No, it isn't.' 'Yes it is.'. This wouldn't have carried the same impact if the humour was based on, perhaps, the back and forth of 'It's not', 'Yes, it is.' 'No, it's not.'

Not yet [participle] and still not or still haven't [participle]. These are adverbs. The problem with phrasing like this: "Futuristic skyscrapers are not yet Europe." is that there is no verb for the "not yet" to qualify. Futuristic skyscrapers are not yet Europe. [doesn't have semantic meaning] Futuristic skyscrapers have not yet sprung up in ...

2020年5月21日 · The negative subjunctive is formed by putting not before the verb, at least nowadays, as indicated in e.g. this Q&A on our sister site English Language & Usage: What's the correct form of the negative subjunctive?. (That seems to imply it …

Won't is simply a contraction of the words will not. They have the exact same meaning. Won't is more informal; if you're writing an essay, in most cases you're advised not to use any contractions. Beyond that, there's no reason not to choose whichever you like. More often when speaking, you'll hear won't. So if you're writing dialogue, you ...

A split infinitive i.e. to put not between to and a bare infinitive, though not common, isn't incorrect grammatically. We mostly put not in front of a to-infintive. So the phrase "not to offend people" is preferable to the phrase "to not offend people".

There is not an apple on the table. In practice, people would nearly always abbreviate that to: There isn't an apple on the table. There is no is frequently used for universal statements, such as: There is no hope; there is no way; there is no chance/possibility . There is not, frequently abbreviated to there isn't