1 Answer1. Show activity on this post. The second and third are NEVER used. Whether you use 'no animal is', or 'no animals are' depends on whether you are talking in the singular or plural. You could say ' No animal is as large as an elephant', but ' no animals are larger than elephants'.
Plural noun. The definition of plural nouns is a noun that shows that the noun is plural (many) or more than. one regular noun as well as a plural noun. Examples: houses, cars, teachers, doors, lawyers, soldiers. In general, plural nouns are formed from singular nouns by adding the letter "-s/es/ies" to. singular countable nouns.
"No" can indeed be used in this way with both singular and plural nouns. Generally, though, when dealing with hypothetical people (as opposed to specific ones) you'll want to use the singular: "no man," "no woman," "no one," etc. A good use of "no" with a plural noun would be dealing with specific people or events.
You can use NO with both singular and plural nouns. Take a look at the following examples: There was no milk in the fridge. There were no kids in the room. There is no reason to worry. There is no excuse for such behavior. He has no friends. She has no money. We had no opportunity to talk. There is no fridge in the house.
With countable nouns, no is normally followed by plural forms. It sounds more natural and makes better sense to say: It was early December and there were no ...
28.08.2014 · The reason that no can be followed by either a singular or a plural noun is that it can mean not a or not any. Usually, it means not any – zero – because when we use a negative we refer to plurals, I don’t have any books / I have no books. Negatives have plurals because we are showing nothing of a possible many things.
17.05.2020 · You can use either singulars or plurals after "no": No man is an island. No men are allowed in the ladies' dressing room. No house is complete without an adequate kitchen. No houses were damaged by the flood. John had no son to carry on his name. Tom had no sons to help him run the farm. W windyvalley Senior Member Chinese Sep 24, 2012 #7 Hi,