- Not receiving any answer, he sent another email to her. (由於沒有收到回信，他又給她寄了一封電子郵件) (正)
- No receiving any answer, he sent another email to her. (誤)
- Receiving not any answer, he sent another email to her. (誤)
解說：否定詞放在現在分詞之前置於句首時，不能用 no 來否定現在分詞，而要用 not；換另外一種說法，not 可以放在動名詞或不定詞之前來否定動名詞或不定詞 (如 To be, or not to be …)。分詞構句 Not receiving any answer 是原因子句 Because he did not receive any answer 的減化。