It is followed by the plural for countable nouns and the singular for uncountable nouns.
She doesn't have any friends.
Do you have any friends?
I don't have any water.
Does she have any water?
We can never use singular if we are talking about countable nouns. Am I correct? Like we can't say "there are no denials on this claim" even if we are asking for multiple potential denials. Am I correct? We will always have to say "there is no denial on this claim". Is it correct?
No, that's wrong. We would say "There are no denials on this claim". (I don't know what it means but I know what the first four words would be!)
Okay, plural for countable nouns. Am I correct?
Okay, plural for countable nouns. Am I correct?
Read the first nine words of my response in post #2 and explain why you felt the need to ask this question.
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