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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
There is no such thing as
There is a phrase, "There is no such thing as."
You don't say, "there is no such a thing" as or "there are no such things as"?
You don't say, "there is no such a thing" as or "there are no such things as"?
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" [plural countable noun]
- " [plural countable noun]
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I would say, e.g.,
"There's no such thing as luck." [uncountable noun]
"There's no such thing as a werewolf." [singular countable noun]
"There's no such thing as werewolves." [plural countable noun]
"There's no such thing as luck." [uncountable noun]
"There's no such thing as a werewolf." [singular countable noun]
"There's no such thing as werewolves." [plural countable noun]
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teacherJapanYou don't say, "there is no such a thing" as or "there are no such things as"?No. In fact, in the first case you have two determiners ("no" and "a") which cannot occur together.
CJ
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