Not menidakkan perkataan, frasa atau ayat
Not menidakkan perkataan:
- not blue. bukan biru.
- not me. bukan saya.
- not the dirty toilet. bukan tandas kotor itu.
- not under the fan. bukan di bawah kipas.
- The boxer will not do it. Ahli tinju itu tidak akan melakukannya.
- That woman is not an singer. Wanita itu bukan seorang penyanyi.
Not menidakkan jenis-jenis perkataan
Not menidakkan noun:
- not Hamzah. bukan Hamzah.
- not Malaysia. bukan Malaysia.
- not them. bukan mereka.
- not her. bukan dia.
- not tall. tidak tinggi.
- not cold. tidak sejuk.
- not a (book). bukan sebuah (buku).
- not the (tree). bukan (pokok) itu.
- not told. tidak diberitahu.
- not written. tidak ditulis.
- not very (good). tidak begitu (baik).
- not there. bukan di sana.
- not at (home). tidak berada di (rumah).
- not from (here). bukan dari (sini).
- not so (true). tidak begitu (benar).
- not because (of him). tidak kerana (dia)
Not menidakkan auxiliary verb
Apabila not digunakan untuk menidakkan auxiliary verb maka kedua-kedua perkataan not dan auxiliary verb boleh dipendekkan. Di dalam Bahasa Inggeris pemendekan atau pengecutan perkataan-perkataan dipanggil word contraction.
Kependekan primary auxiliary verb be:
- is not = isn't
- are not = aren't
- was not = wasn't
- were not = weren't
- do not = don't
- did not = didn't
- does not = doesn't
- have not = haven't
- had not = hadn't
- has not = hasn't
- can not = cannot atau can't
- could not = couldn't
- must not = musn't
- will not = won't
- would not = wouldn't
- shall not = shan't
- should not = shouldn't