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1. NO. 2. No. 3. no. 4. No 5. no Only number 2 is correct grammatically. You can expand the list with other versions of no (nope, no-no) and with other pun
by gizmo 13y ago
1. NO.
2. No.
3. no.
4. No
5. no
Only number 2 is correct grammatically. You can expand the list with other versions of no (nope, no-no) and with other punctuation (exclamation mark, ellipsis). There are easily 20 different versions of "no" I can think of from the top of my head. Clearly being able to pick the "no" that fits best is an expressive advantage. I agree that there are ways to express yourself precisely in correct/formal English, but it's a lot more verbose.
Language is really pliable. It's quite strange that "fuck no" offends only puritans but "uhm... no." can set off fireworks with nearly anybody. I guess we all just have to adapt.
- humanrebar 13y ago> Language is really pliable. It's quite strange that "fuck no" offends only puritans but "uhm... no." can set off fireworks with nearly anybody. I'd be more offended by the former than the latter, though I wouldn't be all that offended in either case. > I guess we all just have to adapt. I agree, if by adapt you mean we can all just chill out a little and be better listeners. I think the graph of grammatical and punctuation expectations is growing a longer tail.