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Message de dermit posté le 29-05-2012 à 22:11:23 (S | E | F)
Hello,
Please, could you tell me which sentences are grammatically correct :
1) There are no books left on the shelves.
2) There are no book left on the shelves
3) There is no books left on the shelves.
4) There is no book left on the shelves.
Thanks for your precious answers.
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Edited by lucile83 on 29-05-2012 22:14
Message de dermit posté le 29-05-2012 à 22:11:23 (S | E | F)
Hello,
Please, could you tell me which sentences are grammatically correct :
1) There are no books left on the shelves.
2) There are no book left on the shelves
3) There is no books left on the shelves.
4) There is no book left on the shelves.
Thanks for your precious answers.
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Edited by lucile83 on 29-05-2012 22:14
Réponse: Grammar/There is no de gerondif, postée le 29-05-2012 à 22:16:57 (S | E)
Bonsoir,
réfléchissez: "there is" est suivi d'un sujet réel singulier, "there are" d'un sujet réel pluriel.
Réponse: Grammar/There is no de lucile83, postée le 29-05-2012 à 22:18:14 (S | E)
Hello,
What do you think?
Nobody will do your job for you.
Réponse: Grammar/There is no de dermit, postée le 29-05-2012 à 22:44:19 (S | E)
Yes, but if I simply want to say
1) There are no books left on the shelves.
4) There is no book left on the shelves.
I mean, my question is which sentence do we usually use in preference, or can we use the both indifferently ?
Another example : to say that I have not any descendant : should I say :
I have no child
I have no children
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Modifié par lucile83 le 29-05-2012 23:23
Réponse: Grammar/There is no de lucile83, postée le 29-05-2012 à 23:16:27 (S | E)
Hello,
Je vais faire comme gerondif, parler français,vous comprendrez peut-être mieux.
Que représente pour vous 'no...'?zéro,un,deux,dix?
Si vous répondez à cette question correctement vous aurez compris ce que vous devez dire, alors merci de choisir
Réponse: Grammar/There is no de traviskidd, postée le 02-06-2012 à 08:48:56 (S | E)
Hello.
Either the singular or the plural can be used after "no"/"not any". The singular is more formal, and/or used to express the nuance that there is "not even one", or that the one that was (thought to be) there isn't (anymore).
After the school massacre, no child was left alive.
In their efforts to find the culprit, the police left no stone unturned.
After the suspect was captured, his father said "My son would never do this! If he is guilty, then I have no son!".
But in most cases, the plural is more often used.
We've been married for ten years, but have no children.
I can't believe it! There are no cupcakes left in the fridge!
If there are no books left on the table, it's because the librarian put them back on the shelf.
Of course, with uncountable singular (or plural) nouns, the singular (or plural, respectively) is required.
I can't believe it! There's no milk left in the fridge!
The apartment was empty; there was no furniture at all.
There were no clothes left in the washer; they had all been put into the dryer.
See you,
-Travis
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