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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"zil", "nada"...what do they mean?

do they mean zero? Are they real words? Are there different words for the same meaning? What are they? Thank you.
  

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Some mean zero the number , others mean the symbol for the number, and others zero things highlighted are the better ones I would use - zero , naught , nothing , none , nil , zip, zippo, zilch, diddly-squat nil is particularly used in sports and scorings. d

  • Some mean zero the number , others mean the symbol for the number, and others zero things highlighted are the better ones I would use - zero , naught , nothing , none , nil , zip, zippo, zilch, diddly-squat nil is particularly used in sports and scorings.
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Some mean zero the number, others mean the symbol for the number, and others zero things

highlighted are the better ones I would use -
zero, naught, nothing, none, nil, zip, zippo, zilch, diddly-squat

nil is particularly used in sports and scorings.

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I have never heard of "zil". It sounds like a confusion between "zilch" and "nil", or a made-up word suggested by those.

"nada" is the Spanish word for "nothing", but it is also used informally in English.

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