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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Singular and plural

there isn't a car in the car park.

there aren't cars in the car park.

there isn't any car in the car park.

there aren't any cars in the car park.

could anybody answer me?

do both of them right?

and how to differentiate them?
  

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" Normally you would use either of these. "There aren't cars in the car park" is not natural to me. "There isn't a/any car in the car park" are both possible, but less likely.

— Mr Wordy

  • " Normally you would use either of these.
  • "There aren't cars in the car park" is not natural to me.
  • "There isn't a/any car in the car park" are both possible, but less likely.
  • "There isn't a car in the car park" might be used to express surprise that the car park is empty -- it makes it sound as if the fact is notable or unusual.
  • " "Impossible ...
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The most common patterns are:

"There aren't any cars in the car park."

"There are no cars in the car park."

Normally you would use either of these. "There aren't cars in the car park" is not natural to me.

"There isn't a/any car in the car park" are both possible, but less likely. "There isn't a car in the car park" might be used to express surprise that the ca
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