What is the difference between no even a and not even a? Are they both interchangeable and equally correct? [EXAMPLES]:
- There is not even a single pen.
- There is no even a single pen.
- I have not even a single pen.
- I have no even a single pen.
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Sign up to join this communityWhat is the difference between no even a and not even a? Are they both interchangeable and equally correct? [EXAMPLES]:
You are mixing two phrases:
Basically both sentences express the absence of something, the latter having a stonger emphasis.
But you can't write: There is no even a single pen.
"Not even a" is correct. In some English dialects, speakers will drop the t and say "No even a single one." as a form of slang, but this is not correct.