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Question from someone whose native language is not English. I often come across sentences that combine "There is no" with a plural direct object, such as: "Th
by Archelaos 2y ago
Question from someone whose native language is not English.
I often come across sentences that combine "There is no" with a plural direct object, such as:
"There is no books on this subject"
Is this also correct English?
- arijun 2y agoNo, you still need subject-verb agreement. Either “there are no books,” or the less common “there is no book.” You might see the latter in the case of a definite subject: “Pass me the book on the subject.” “There is no book on the subject.”
- sbelskie 2y agoNot in standard American English to the best of my knowledge, but it’s not impossible some dialects use this construction.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoAmerican English is shifting strongly in the direction of always using "is" when the subject is dummy "there". It's also shifting to using schwa rather than FLEECE in "the" when it is followed by a vowel. On the internet, the -en form of verbs seems to be disappearing entirely, with constructions like "I should have went [wherever]".