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Originally Posted by ckcgordon  I'm sorry. I still don't quite understand. How can the context affect our choice between the following two sentences?
There are 2 photocopiers in my wife's office, but... (1) There is no photocopier in my office.
(2) There are no photocopiers in my office.
Will you choose (1) or (2) in this particular situation?  |
Either could be used. The context permits that. If on the other hand you are responding to the question: "Is there a photocopier in your office?", then (1) is better than (2).
If I was going to be very pedantic, you should use (2) as you refer to plural photocopiers in the first part of the sentence, but then I could also say I would not use either, but rather "There are two photocopiers in my wife's office but none in mine."