No or Not

The second is correct (the one with "no") and sounds natural to me.

"No" can be used to mean "not any" and this seems to be the case here.

it should be "there are no two people who look alike", I think "not" is "incorrect" in most of case, and the "No" same like "without". and I need the details explan too, hope someone can answer this question better

CyclamenWhich variant is correct: Both are correct.



A. There are two people there who look alike.

B. What are you talking about? "There (are NOT)(aren't) two people (there) who look alike."

"There are NO two people who look alike." This basically means that in the whole world there aren't two people who look alike. (at

"There are not two people who look alike." is grammatically correct, but is stylistically incorrect and would never occur-it is an unnatural construction-at best, you could change it to "There aren't any two people who look alike."

As a matter of fact, twins do look alike, so you need to add the adjective "exactly". So, to be both grammatically and factually correct, write: "T

Sorry, but the strikethrough in my previous post was a mistake! Not sure how that happened. The paragraph should read:

"There are not two people who look alike." is grammatically correct, but stylistically incorrect and would never occur; it is an unnatural construction. At best, you could change it to "There aren't any two people who look alike."

Not would have to be considered grammatically correct, but it seems much less natural than no.

PhilipNot would have to be considered grammatically correct, but it seems much less natural than no.

I agree that it is less natural, at least at first glance, and one of the reasons for that is that it needs context. And with proper context, it does make sense.

Also, everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that the two sentences have

I think that the sentence has the general meaning, because I've found it in a grammatical test. And that's why I was trying to decide which variant is grammatically incorrect

CyclamenI think that the sentence has the general meaning, because I've found it in a grammatical test. You should make it clear which sentence you are talking about.And that's why I was trying to decide which variant is grammatically incorrect

I'm talking about the single sentence
The task was to fill the blank in a sentence "There are ___ two people who look alike" wi