Difference between NO and NOT
The word no never precedes: a, an, the, any, much, many, enough.
No is used:
as an exclamation.
as an adjective before singular and plural nouns.
Not is used:
as an adverb to make a sentence negative.
to make an adjective or adverb negative.
in short replies with a number of verbs.
Examples:
We have no money in the bank now.
We do not have any money in the bank now.
There are no books in the bookcase.
There are no English books in the bookcae.
There are not any books in the bookcase.
Do you like coffe? No, I don't.
Didn't you finish it? No, I didn't.
Don't you want this? Not at all.
Won't you be mad at us? Not in the least.
Aren't you going to go? Not right now.
Who took my book? Not I.
