What's the difference between dis- and mis- or between un- and non-? This negative prefix list can help you understand these prefixes that can change a word's meaning into its opposite.Note: I have added the parts of speech (verb, adjective, noun) to the prefix list examples. That's...
The Chinese negator “不, which is in widespread use, usually occurs before a verb or an adjective and negates the action or the quality. Both “不and “not” can negate verbs. But “不can not negate the verb “有( “有can only be negated by “没); “not” of course has its ...
— I looked up into a dictionary, and “mean” could be in an adjective form, and there are also 11 meanings, and I think the above sentence could be rewritten to: “If you’re not kind to people, people will be unkind to you.”— right? I don’t know why, but sometimes I ...