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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

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I know "There is no student in the classroom" is right. Could you confirm whether each of the following sentences are okay? Thank you.

1. There isn't any student in the classroom.
2. There isn't a student in the classroom.
  

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All three are grammatically OK, and none of them is native. There aren't any students in the classroom.

  • All three are grammatically OK, and none of them is native.
  • There aren't any students in the classroom.
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All three are grammatically OK, and none of them is native.

There aren't any students in the classroom.
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Then, how about the following sentences? Could you tell me which one sounds natural?

1. There are no students in the classroom.
2. There aren't students in the classroom.
3. No students are in the classroom.
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lucas21cCould you tell me which one sounds natural?
This is still the most 'natural', i.e., common:

There aren't any students in the classroom.

1 and 3 are also fine and common.

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