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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

'Has no' or 'have no'

It bothers me when I hear people say, "I have no appetite" or "he has no luck". I was taught to say "I do not have an appetite" or "he does not have any luck". I've even noticed the 'no' this or that being used in popular media, news and such. To me, it seems like no is being used as quantity measure and in correct. Am I wrong?
  

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Anonymous To me, it seems like no is being used as quantity measure Yes. A measurement, more or less. "no" is a determiner (acts like what you may know as "an article") in these cases.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous To me, it seems like no is being used as quantity measure Yes.
  • A measurement, more or less.
  • "no" is a determiner (acts like what you may know as "an article") in these cases.
  • There is nothing incorrect about it.
  • It is very common with the verb "have", so there are usually two different ways to make a negative with "have": He has no luck.
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AnonymousTo me, it seems like no is being used as quantity measure
Yes. A measurement, more or less. "no" is a determiner (acts like what you may know as "an article") in these cases. There is nothing incorrect about it. It is very common with the verb "have", so there are usually two different ways to make a negative with "have":

He has no luck
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