Talk:not the end of the world

Part of speech
Shouldn’t it be an adverb since it starts with ”not”? It isn’t a noun, that’s for sure but I’m not 100% sure it’s an adverb either.Jonteemil (talk) 14:54, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm sure it's not an adverb. Equinox ◑ 15:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * What is it then? It seems very weird to me that a noun can begin with not, to me the noun is what follows not. But I can be wrong., du you know?Jonteemil (talk) 15:20, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Technically, it is a - but we call them nouns. SemperBlotto (talk) 15:22, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Aha, didn’t think noun phrases could start with an adverb but ok.Jonteemil (talk) 15:31, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * An adverb can be attached to a verb phrase ("he did it slowly" etc.): that's definitely not true here. Equinox ◑ 01:02, 8 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Pretty sure it's not a noun phrase. Compare
 * The end of the world is coming on Tuesday.
 * Not the end of the world is coming on Tuesday.
 * We're awaiting the end of the world.
 * We're awaiting not the end of the world.
 * The "not" belongs to the (spectre of) the verb "to be". Hence this belongs in Category:English non-constituents. I think the least wrong pos header would just be "phrase". Colin M (talk) 02:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)