GRAMMAR QUESTION

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GRAMMAR QUESTION

monder78

GRAMMAR QUESTION

Hello

I am wondering whether the two sentences below can be used interchangeably :

There are hardly any stalls at the market today.

There are almost none stalls at the market today.

So long.

6 May 2017

kohai

I think the second sentence is not correct grammatically. Cambridge Dictionary says:

None is the pronoun form of no. None means �not one� or �not any�. We use it as a pronoun to replace countable and uncountable nouns. We use it as subject or object..

Typical error. We don�t use none directly before nouns. We use no+noun or none of+noun:

No children in my group caused any trouble. (Or None of the children in my group...)

Not: ~~None children in my group~~ �

P.S. It seems I haven�t kept my promise... Dear Les, Lynne, Falafel, that is your fault, too!

6 May 2017

redcamarocruiser

Kohai is right. The second sentence would be There are almost no stalls at the market today, but it sounds strange to use almost.

There are practically no stalls sounds a little better, but the first sentence is the most usual way to say there are hardly any stalls at the market today..

6 May 2017

encebrasenglish

Kohai is correct, you don �t place none directly in front of a noun.

7 May 2017

monder78

Yes, it is the answer I expected. Thank you.

7 May 2017

lovedogs

SO PRETTY AND CUTE DOG, I LOVE IT.

10 May 2017