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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Negative versus positive
They've got no cars is a negative sentence.
They've got zero cars is a positive sentence.
Am I right?
They've got zero cars is a positive sentence.
Am I right?
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I suppose you are right, but note that using 'zero' in that way is clumsy and, really, rather substandard English. Note also that 'zero' would not be a correct answer if I asked you for a positive number.
- I suppose you are right, but note that using 'zero' in that way is clumsy and, really, rather substandard English.
- Note also that 'zero' would not be a correct answer if I asked you for a positive number.
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I suppose you are right, but note that using 'zero' in that way is clumsy and, really, rather substandard English.
Note also that 'zero' would not be a correct answer if I asked you for a positive number.
Note also that 'zero' would not be a correct answer if I asked you for a positive number.
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CliveI suppose you are right, but note that using 'zero' in that way is clumsy and, really, rather substandard English.Note also that 'zero' would not be a correct answer if I asked you for a positive number.Thank you for the reply.
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AnonymousThey've got no cars is a negative sentence.As the verb is affirmative, I consider that to be an affirmative sentence. The fact that it conveys the same meaning as the negative They haven't got any cars is not important,
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