Fill in the blank: We received _____ reply.

• Complete sentence: We received no reply.
- Bangla meaning: আমরা কোনো উত্তর পাইনি।

- এখানে reply শব্দটি singular countable noun হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে, তাই এর পূর্বে determiner হিসেবে no বসবে।
- Correct structure: No (determiner) + noun (no reply, no money, no time, no problem).
- No is used before singular countable nouns to mean "not any" or "zero".
- No = complete negative (not any).

অন্যদিকে,
ক) None → Used alone or with of.
- "None" is used for uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns.
- যেমন: None of us came / We received none.

গ) Not → "Not" is a negative adverb or auxiliary, not used before nouns directly.
- যেমন: We did not receive any reply.

ঘ) Nothing → Used as a pronoun (stands alone).
- "Nothing" is used for uncountable things or abstract concepts, not for countable nouns like "reply".
- সঠিক ব্যবহার হলো: We received nothing.