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Penicillin Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

There is no/not

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0 Well, if you expand the contraction you get "There is not" vs. "There is no" but without some kind of context it's difficult to say anything more. 0-

— RayH

  • 0 Well, if you expand the contraction you get "There is not" vs.
  • "There is no" but without some kind of context it's difficult to say anything more.
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0 Well, if you expand the contraction you get "There is not" vs. "There is no" but without some kind of context it's difficult to say anything more. I'll try a few of my own examples.02br
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00There is no point continuing with this.02br
00There isn't any point continuing with this.02br
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00There is no use, it's broken.02br
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0 Interesting question. 01b00I DON'T HAVE ANY02b00 absolute answers, but 01b00I HAVE SOME02b00 comments. I also 01b00HAVE NO02b00 absolute answer.02br
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00First, we can say "There isn't any/a", but we cannot say "There is no any/a". "Any/a" can be used with countable nouns, but we can't with "no" (ex.
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01cite10Penicillin12cite10What's the 11del10differnece12del10 difference between "There is no..." and "There isn't 11font10any12font10..."?12blockquote
10 There is no difference. (There isn't any difference.) I've heard it said that there is a te
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I would think there is no refers to a more absolute than there is not, more temporary.

For example there are no bathrooms, there is not a bathroom.
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No, Anon. Read CJ's post above.
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Hi there!
As far as I know they both mean the same thing, however, if you use there is no, you will sound too proper, you know, talking about grammar but using there isn't any sounds more natural to a native speaker.
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