There is / are no people

0Yes. Use "were" for the plural "people".0-

0here it should be02br
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00When we arrived, there was no one in the restaurant0-

0so, which one is correct? 0-

0 "There were no people..." is correct too. 0-

0 Both suggested sentences are OK0-

0I agree that both are 01i00correct02i00, but the previously suggetsed "There was no one" sounds more 01i00natural02i00. "There were no people" sounds like perhaps there were... what? mice? Martians?0-

0 I think I know what you mean, GG, but I don't think the danger of taking 01i00were02i00 as a subjunctive here is major. 0-

0It's not the "were" that sounded odd.02br
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00You go to a place where people go. There's no one there. 02br
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00Do you say "How odd. There are no people here" or "How odd. There's no one here"?02br
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00(Again, I'm not arguing the correctness of the first. Only the naturalness.)0-

0>Do you say "How odd. There are no people here" or 01b00"How odd. There's no one here"02b00?02br
00You're right on this one, GG. 0-

Thanks BarbaraPA, As i am a ESL student, i´ve found your explanation very helpful.