[Grammar] There is + subject/object

[Checkmate]

"There is nothing happens."
"There is nothing happened."

As you can see, "nothing" is used as a subject here.

"There is nothing happening."

But why is "happening" used with no "To be" verb? Example:

"There is nothing is happening."

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Nothing is happening there.'
'There is nothing happening.'
In both sentences, 'is' applies to 'happening'.

"There is nothing happened."

I would say 'Nothing happened there'.

Not a teacher.

 

[Checkmate]

'Nothing is happening there.'
'There is nothing happening.'
In both sentences, 'is' applies to 'happening'.


I would say 'Nothing happened there'.

Not a teacher.

I found "There is nothing happened" is used either. I don't think that "is" applies to "happened" because it's an intransitive verb.

 

[Matthew Wai]

"There is nothing happened"

I deem it incorrect. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Not a teacher.

 

[bhaisahab]

I deem it incorrect. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Not a teacher.

You are right.

 

[emsr2d2]

"There is nothing happened" is not a grammatical English sentence.

There is nothing happening = Nothing is happening at the moment.

 

[Checkmate]

"There is nothing happened" is not a grammatical English sentence.

There is nothing happening = Nothing is happening at the moment.

What about this?

"There is nothing happens."

 

[Matthew Wai]

I deem it incorrect, but I am not a teacher.

 

[tedmc]

There is nothing happened

sounds just as weird as saying

There is something happened.

I think you need a 'that' after 'nothing'.

not a teacher

 

[Matthew Wai]

I would simply say 'Nothing happened there' instead of add 'that'.

Not a teacher.

 

[tedmc]

I would simply say 'Nothing happened there' instead of adding 'that'.

Not a teacher.

That is to correct the given sentence from OP.
They are two different sentences.

not a teacher

 

[bhaisahab]

"There is nothing that happened" is not a natural sentence.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

The 'there' in 'there is' doesn't indicate a location.

I would simply say, 'Nothing happened'.

 

[Matthew Wai]

... instead of adding 'that'.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/instead-of#americanheritage
According to it, 'instead of' followed by an infinitive is allowed, although somewhat informal.


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