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Bierhoff Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America

Hi,

Can anyone give me an insight to the idea behind this construct

"There's nothing wrong with something that can't be something by something"


Example:


There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America



Is this sentence correct from a grammar point of view?
  

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" But in this case, why does it use "nothing" instead of "no" Thanks

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Normally people will say:

"There's no issues that can't be solved if we blablabla..."


But in this case, why does it use "nothing" instead of "no"

Thanks
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Welcome to English Forums!

The sentences are grammatically correct and quite idiomatic.

There's nothing wrong with X that can't be cured by Y is a common turn of phrase.

The meaning is that if you do Y, you can cure X. The only thing wrong with X is a thing that you can cure (make right) if you do Y.

Here are some examples based on Google results
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CalifJimThere's nothing wrong with X that can't be cured by Y is a common turn of phrase.
The relative pronoun 'that' refers to the word nothing, right?

Thanks.
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LiveinjapanThe relative pronoun 'that' refers to the word nothing, right?
Right!
CJ
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It means what is conventionally correct is not necessarily good for curing what is wrong. But it doesn't mean the country goes wrong. It needs innovation to solve new problems.
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In British English we often say of someone: there's nothing wrong with him which a good strangling wouldn't put right.
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