Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
articles after "no"
Why do we use no article after "no"?
Example: There is no TV here.
And, how does this differ from:
There is not a TV here.
or
The TV is not here.
Example: There is no TV here.
And, how does this differ from:
There is not a TV here.
or
The TV is not here.
Top answer
There are several determiners with which we do not use an article. These include the demonstratives (this, that ), the possessives ( my, her, its , etc), some quantifiers ( no, every, each , etc) and the cardinal number ' one '. There is no TV here.
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There are several determiners with which we do not use an article. These include the demonstratives (this, that), the possessives (my, her, its, etc), some quantifiers (no, every, each, etc) and the cardinal number 'one'.
There is no TV here.
There is not a TV here.
The TV is not here.
The first two are synonymous but do not a
There are several determiners with which we do not use an article. These include the demonstratives (this, that), the possessives (my, her, its, etc), some quantifiers (no, every, each, etc) and the cardinal number 'one'.
There is no TV here.
There is not a TV here.
The TV is not here.
The first two are synonymous but do not a
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