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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Not not, no. #166241 02/23/2007 7:28 AM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 22 Chicago nightotter stranger nightotter stranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 22 Chicago I have been rereading some of my favorite P.G Wodehouse, which covers a period between 1915 to 1935. On several occasions he used NO in a sentence I would normally have used NOT. For instance: Whether or no he is a fascist is beside the point. Is this specifically English or of a period that eventually evolved into NOT? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Not not, no. nightotter 02/23/2007 7:28 AM Re: Not not, no. (solved) nightotter 02/23/2007 7:33 AM Re: Not not, no. (solved) themilum 02/23/2007 8:39 AM Re: Not not, no. (solved) BranShea 02/23/2007 6:59 PM Re: Not not, no. (solved) dalehileman 02/23/2007 9:40 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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