By Negatives, Countable nouns

Thank you for your answer. So, If I want to say that are chairs in here, What must I use? There are chairs in here. (I think this is wrong) There are some chairs in here. (I think this is the great sentence) With gold: There's some gold in that mine. (I think this is the great...

I don´t understand the use and the meaning of these casses, i´ll put the explanation of my english bookThe use of Some/Any (Yes, very difficult)Some is used in positive sentences with plurals and uncountable nouns Examples: I have some friends Do you want some food? Any is used in negative...

CalifJim wrote:difference is a countable noun. Countable nouns in the singular require a determiner. no is a determiner. not is not a determiner. not negates the verb.So you can have the positive statement There is with the determiner no and noun the difference.Or you can have the negative...

difference is a countable noun. Countable nouns in the singular require a determiner. no is a determiner. not is not a determiner. not negates the verb. So you can have the positive statement There is with the determiner no and noun the difference. Or you can have the negative statement...

Hi, Please look the sentence "This is NO easy task". What part of speech is "NO" in the sentence? My English-Japanese dictionaries say this NO is an Adjective because it modifies and negates the phrase "easy task". But I understand that "task" is a Countable Noun and if I am right, I think we...

Hello I'm an English learner from Japan and I have a question.Please look the sentence "This is NO easy task". What part of speech is "NO" in the sentence? My English-Japanese dictionaries say this NO is an Adjective because it modifies and negates the phrase "easy task". But I understand that...

I have gone through a lot of the old posts on the topic any. This is my understanding of any usage. Any can be followed by a plural/uncountable/singular noun. 1. When any is used in interogative or negative form, it is usually followed by a plural/uncountable noun. Does it mean that the verb...

Hi, Please check if my reasoning is correct. a little and little are ususally used in front of uncountable nouns to signal the amount in possession and they respectively are coming from the positive polarity and negative polarity view points. I have a little or little money -- Here, it is...

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...

Hi, 1. Which one is right or are they both right? Everything went smooth. Everything went smoothly. In your example, you need the adverbial form. 'Smoothly' modifies 'went', ie it describes the 'going', not 'everything'. However, consider 'When I fell and hit my head, everything went...