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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

[grammar] is 'nothing' a noun?

Dear All,

In the following sentence, is nothing a noun?

He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work...

Source: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet.

In the video about grammar I'm watching right now nothing isn't marked as a noun. In my humble opinion it actually is an abstract non-countable noun though...

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He will have nothing Yes. It is the direct object of the verb. Perfect Stranger nothing isn't marked as a noun.

— Mister Micawber

  • He will have nothing Yes.
  • It is the direct object of the verb.
  • Perfect Stranger nothing isn't marked as a noun.
  • It may be considered a pronoun; some dictionaries do so.
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Perfect StrangerIn the following sentence, is nothing a noun?He will have nothing
Yes. It is the direct object of the verb.
Perfect Strangernothing isn't marked as a noun.
It may be considered a pronoun; some dictionaries do so.
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