DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "NO" AND "NOT"

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The word no never precedes: a, an, at, in, 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 bookcase.
• There are not any books in the bookcase.

• Do you like coffee? 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 me.

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