I'm no hero/I'm not a hero

[Vaelyn]

Hello,

This is my first question on the forum.

I have a simple question for which I can't find the answer on Internet.
What's the difference between :

1- I'm no hero VS I'm not a hero
2- There can be no light without shadow VS There can't be light without shadows

Thank you

 

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, Vaelyn.

There's a typo in one of your sentences: here hero.

The first of each of your sentences is more formal and, in my opinion, more emphatic.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello.

This is my first question on the forum.

I have a simple question for to which I can't find the answer on the Internet. (Note that most people don't capitalise "internet" any more.)
What's the difference between no colon here the following?

1a. I'm no hero. VS
1b. I'm not a hero.

2a. There can be no light without shadow. VS
2b. There can't be light without shadows. (Why did you use "shadow" in the first but "shadows" in the second?)

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Please note my corrections (in red) and comments (in blue) above.

 

[tedmc]

I think the expressions "no hero" and "no light" come across stronger.

 

[Vaelyn]

Please note my corrections (in red) and comments (in blue) above.

Hello.

I wanted to reply with your whole message but I don't know how to do it.
Many questions come to my mind.

1. I have a simple question for to which I can't find the answer.
I have searched on Internet why I was wrong to use the preposition "for" after "which", and I found the following examples:

1a. You must do a job for which you are suited.
2a. This is the website to which he subscribed.
I don't understand the difference between them. It appears the same to me.

2. It was a typo to write shadow first then shadows. I wanted to write shadow in both sentences.

3. From what I (can?) understand the first of each sentences is more formal/emphatic.
Would it feel natural to use them in a regular conversation with a friend, someone I don't know, a workmate...?

Thanks everyone for your answers.

 

[tedmc]

I think only certain prepositions (and not others) go along with certain pairs of words, e.g.

-the answer to (not "for") a question
-subscribe to (not "for") a website
-suited for (not "to") a job

That's just the way they are and there is no "why" for being so or any rules for them. They just come with practice and lots of reading.

 

[Tarheel]

"I'm not a hero" is ordinary, conversational English. "I'm no hero" is a bit more emphatic. (My opinion.)

 

[5jj]

• Yesterday at 11:41 AM

The first of each of your sentences is more formal and, in my opinion, more emphatic.

Sometime I wonder why I bother.

• Today at 3:33 AM

I think the expressions "no hero" and "no light" come across stronger.

• Today at 2:14 PM

"I'm not a hero" is ordinary, conversational English. "I'm no hero" is a bit more emphatic. (My opinion.)

 

[jutfrank]

I certainly agree with the emphatic part, but I don't think I agree that I'm no hero is more formal than I'm not a hero. Perhaps I misunderstand what members mean by 'formal' in this case.

 

[Vaelyn]

Sometime I wonder why I bother.

I don't know if this is meant to me.

Thanks everyone for your answers.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't know if this is was meant to for me.

It wasn't.