alt Hacker NewsQuestion from someone whose native language is not English.
I often come across sentences that combine "There is no" with a plural direct object, such as:
"There is no books on this subject"
Is this also correct English?
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sbelskie • 01/22/2025
Not in standard American English to the best of my knowledge, but it’s not impossible some dialects use this construction.
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No, you still need subject-verb agreement. Either “there are no books,” or the less common “there is no book.”
You might see the latter in the case of a definite subject: “Pass me the book on the subject.” “There is no book on the subject.”