Negatives

The word not is used with do to make a verb negative, as in I don"t have any money (don"t = do not). No is used as an adjective in front of a noun, as in I have no money. Both of these examples are acceptable ways of expressing the idea that you do not have something.

Note these contracted negative forms with do:

I don"t
you don"t
he, she doesn"t
they don"t
we don"t

Here are some affirmative words and their negative forms in English:

AFFIRMATIVES

someone, anybody
something, anything
still
ever
either... or

NEGATIVES

no one, nobody
nothing
no longer
never
neither... nor
 
Avoid using more than one negative in a clause:

--I don"t have any money.
NOT: I don"t have no money.

--They don"t see anybody.
NOT: They don"t see nobody.

--I didn"t do anything.
NOT: I didn"t do nothing.