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Is there arent correct?
Though sometimes you can use both options. I would go with the first option, there is no such word as aren’t, it is are not. “aren’t” is a perfectly fine word. Strictly speaking it is two words combined to make one, but it is a word, nonetheless.
What is the difference between there is no and there is not?
There is very little difference in meaning between There is/are no + noun and There isn’t/aren’t any + noun: There’s no reason to be afraid of her. (or There isn’t any reason to be afraid of her.) There are no eggs in the fridge.
Is aren’t we all grammatically correct?
It literally means we all are. For example, if you said to your friend ‘I am tired of being in lockdown’, to show that they are too, they might say Aren’t we all, either as a statement or a question it makes no difference.
Is there any plural?
Your understanding is correct, Esther. Any is normally used with plural and uncountable nouns in questions, negative and conditional sentences: Do we have any beer? ~ Yes, we do. It’s in the fridge.
Why do we use there is and there are?
In English grammar we use “there is” or “there are” to talk about things we can see and things that exist. We use “there is” for singular and uncountable nouns, and we use “there are” for plural countable nouns.
How do you use there is no in a sentence?
“there is no”
- there is no escaping. idiom. —used to say that something is certainly true, real, etc., and cannot be avoided or denied.
- there is no free lunch. idiom.
- there is no question of. idiom.
- there is no such thing as a free lunch. idiom.
Is it correct to say ‘you have much work to do’?
“You have much work to do” is grammatically correct but extremely formal – I wouldn’t expect to hear it in speech unless the speaker is being ironic, or is Gandalf. The normal way to say this is, “You have a lot of work to do.” , A part time English Teacher! Many is for countable things. Like books, tasks, pens, notes etc.
Is “many works to do today” correct usage?
Grammatically ‘much work to do’ is correct usage as against ‘many works to do’. If you really want to have the usage as in the second case, then the correct sentence would be ‘many works to be done today’. , former English Teacher. Í have much work to do today ‘is correct, but unnatural.
How do you say I have many tasks to do today?
We say ‘I have many / a lot of tasks [or jobs, or projects] to do today’. We can use ‘works’ in the plural (the works of Beethoven; Jesus devoted his life to good works) but not in the context of the given sentence.
Is ‘You have many tasks to do’ a countable noun?
‘You have much work to do’ almost sounds like prose poetry. And here the noun ‘work’ is an uncountable one and hence ‘much’, not ‘many’. Compare this with ‘you have many tasks to do’, where many is a plural, countable noun.