1) 一般否定句

I don’t know this. No news is good news.

There is no person /not a person/not any person in the house.

2)特指否定

He went to his office, not to see him.

I am sorry for not coming on time.

I don’t think/believe/suppose/feel/imagine you are right.

3)部分否定

I don’t know all of them.

I can’t see everybody/everything.

All the answers are not right.(并非所有答案都對。)

All is not gold that glitters. (閃光的不一定都是金子。)

Both of them are not right.(并非兩人都對。)

4)全體否定

None of my friends smoke.

I can see nothing/nobody.

Nothing can be so simple as this.

Neither of them is right.

5) 延續否定

You didn’t see him, neither/nor did I.

You don’t know, I don’t know either.

He doesn’t know English, let alone/to say nothing of/not to speak of French.

6) 半否定句

We seldom/hardly/scarcely/barely hear such fine singing.

I know little English.

I saw few people.

7) 雙重否定

You can’t make something out of nothing.

What’s done cannot be undone.

There is no sweet without sweat.

No gain without pains.

I can’t help /keep/ laughing whenever I hear it.

No man is so old but (that) he can learn.

8)排除否定

Everyone is ready except you.

He did nothing but play.

But for your help, I couldn’t do it.

9)加強否定

I won’t do it at all.

I can’t see it any more.

He is no longer a boy