Do adjectives with "not" go before or after the noun they refer to? For example:
- A not funny guy
- A guy not funny
Which of these is correct?
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We don't tend to use adjectives like this:
Either use an adjective with the opposite meaning
an unfunny guy
a humourless guy
Or use a clause
a guy who is not funny
None of these expressions are sentences. In a sentence you could say
That guy is not funny.
The negation ("not") goes before all of the adjectives, including the article adjectives (a, the). He is not a funny guy.
For multiple negated adjectives, add the conjunction "nor": He is not a funny nor a nice guy.
