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Thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyen Posted 4 years ago
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Hi, I'm going to ask such a crazy question:

Why doesn't "nothing important" have "is" after "nothing"?

  

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thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyen Why doesn't "nothing important" have "is" after "nothing"? Because you didn't put it there? There are contexts for both.

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  • thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyen Why doesn't "nothing important" have "is" after "nothing"?
  • Because you didn't put it there?
  • There are contexts for both.
  • Nothing is important unless you think it is.
  • Nothing important happened last night.
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thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyenWhy doesn't "nothing important" have "is" after "nothing"?

Because you didn't put it there? There are contexts for both.

Nothing is important unless you think it is.

Nothing important happened last night.

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thanhdatnguyen thanhdatnguyenWhy doesn't "nothing important" have "is" after "nothing"?

Clearly nothing important is happening in the UK today.

CJ

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