To be aware of: I know something is going to happen. To have knowledge of: I know it’s Suzy’s birthday. To be sure or certain about something: I know that there is a cake in the kitchen. To be familiar or acquainted with: Do Diane and Yao know Suzy? To recognize: Diane didn’t know Suzy’s voice, but she heard someone coming.
To be aware of: I know something is going to happen. To have knowledge of: I know it’s Suzy’s birthday. To be sure or certain about something: I know that there is a cake in the kitchen. To be familiar or acquainted with: Do Diane and Yao know Suzy? To recognize: Diane didn’t know Suzy’s voice, but she heard someone coming.
Knew is the past tense, for things that have already happened: Diane knew something was not right. Known uses “helping” or “auxiliary” verbs, such as have or do, to show shades of time in the past, or to show a hypothetical: If he had checked his watch, Yao might have known that he was late. [2] X Research source Knowing is the gerund form, which means it can act as a subject: “Knowing that grammar sure helped me do better on my test. “[3] X Research source If the word is not a verb, the correct spelling might be n-o.
No can mean not any (or hardly any): No two people can come to complete agreement. The opposite of: She is no genius. Rules forbidding particular actions or behaviors: No smoking within 50 yards of the entrance.
A negative response to a direct question: “Do these jeans make me look fat?” “No. " An expressive response of disagreement: “I always look fat in these jeans. " “No, you don’t. " An agreement with a negative statement: “She’d never attend a friend’s birthday party, oh, no. " An expression of dismay or disappointment: “Oh, no! I spilled my drink!”
“She was no more able to rouse herself than a cabbage. " “I asked Jackson what he’d seen, but he was no help at all. "
A negative decision: “The bond issue was decided with a resounding no. " A negative response: “That would be a no, then?”
I found know relief. I found no relief. “Do you want more cake?” “No, thank you. " “Know, thank you. " Suzy and Bob wanted know more of it. Suzy and Bob wanted no more of it. For a while, there was no noise. For a while, there was know noise.
She didn’t ____ how she would succeed. Frank left us with __ choice. There’s __ business like show business! I ____ you from someplace, don’t I?
Carefully proofread the sentences you have written. Do your sentences make sense, given what you know now about the words no and know? Ask yourself: could another verb (such as understand, comprehend, or recognize) be substituted for my word no/know in this sentence? If the answer is yes, you probably want to use the word k-n-o-w. If the answer is no, then your answer is n-o.
