no more than vs. not more than - WordReference Forums

"I have no more than $10,000" means that you have 10,000 dollars or less. "I have no less than $10,000" means that you have 10,000 dollars or ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. nomorethanvs.notmorethan Threadstarter stenka25 Startdate Jul29,2008 S stenka25 SeniorMember SouthKorea,Han-gul InanEnglishgrammartextbookmadeinJapan,thereisthefollowingsentences. Buttome'nomorethan'isalmostsamewith'notmorethan'and'nolessthan'with'notlessthan.' AmIright,soIcanusetheminterchangeablely? •Ihavenomorethan$10,000.=only •Ihavenolessthan$10,000.=asmuchas •Ihavenotmorethan$10,000.=atmost •Ihavenotlessthan$10,000.=atleast   M MonkeyFBI SeniorMember Acton,MA English-USA "Ihavenomorethan$10,000"meansthatyouhave10,000dollarsorless. "Ihavenolessthan$10,000"meansthatyouhave10,000dollarsormore. "Ihavenotmorethan$10,000"sortofemphasizesthatyoudon'thavemorethan10,000dollars.Iwanttosaythatthisisn'tusedveryoften,butitis.It'sjustnotreallyusedineverydayconversation.Don'tworrytoomuchabout"notmorethan". "Ihavenotlessthan$10,000"issimilarto"notmorethan"inthesenseofemphasis.However,it'semphasizingthatyoudon'thavelessthan10,000dollars.Don'tworryaboutthisoneeither. Ireallywouldn'tusetheminterchangeably.Inevery-dayEnglish,youwillnotneedtosay"notmorethan"orreallyknowitsmeaning.Ibelieveit'susedmostlyinlawsandotherplaceswheretheywanttoavoidambiguityatallcostandplacestrongemphasisontheamountofmoney.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top