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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

There's no/not

1i00There's not even a desk in the room.02i02br
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01i00There's no even a desk in the room.02i02br
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00Is #2 correct?02br
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00Thanks02br
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0No, #2 is incorrect, LiJ.0-
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0 There 00was00n00't (was not)00 even a soul in the room when I arrived02br
00There was 00no body00 in the room when......02br
00There is 00no one00 as knowleldgeable about networking as John. 0-
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0 "01i00There is no desk in the room.02i00" => OK 02br
00This is a neutral statement of fact.02br
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00"01i00There 01b00is not even02b00 a desk in the room.02i00" => OK 02br
00This suggests that I expected or hoped that a desk would be in the room. It also suggests that ther
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0 This sentence sounds odd with the word 'even'02br
00 "01i00There was not even a soul in the room.02i00" ??02br
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00Amy,02br
00If I were told to arrive a meeting room at 00. When I arrived and waited for 10 minutes, I was upset for there was no one there. So I called the person who arr
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01cite10Yankee12cite10No, #2 is incorrect, LiJ.12br
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10Got it! Thank you all!0-
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01cite10Goodman12cite11span10 This sentence sounds odd with the word 'even'12br
10 "11i10There was not even a soul in the room.12i10" ??12br
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10Amy,12span12br
10If I were told to arrive a
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0Amy, 02br
00I truly appreciate your input and taking the time to elaborate. I think your view perhaps is on another plain higher than mine. If a cop stopped me on the road and asked me “how many drink had you consumed before getting into your car?”. I simply said, “I don’t even like drinking! How can I be drunk?”. “Even” is used emphatically to demonstrate or counter a point. 02b
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10There's no even a desk in the room.12blockquote
10 No! Can't do it!02br
01i00no02i00 is a determiner. 01i00a02i00 is a determiner. You can't have more than one determiner before a noun. Never.02br
01b00*no02b
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1font00<<You can't have an adverb between a determiner and its noun. >>02font02br
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00Is there no even remotely possible chance of that? 05002br
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00Sorry, Jim. I do agree with what you wrote, and I suppose my comment above could use a couple of commas. 02br
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00(I'm also te
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Is there no even remotely possible chance of that? 12blockquote
10I knew as I wrote that that I was playing fast and loose with the idea. More specifically, as you obviously know, you can have an adverb (or more) provided it (they) modifies an intervening adjective. But without the adjectiv
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