[Grammar] There is + subject/object

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

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"There is nothing happened."
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I would say 'Nothing happened there'.

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Matthew Wai said:
'Nothing is happening there.'
'There is nothing happening.'
In both sentences, 'is' applies to 'happening'.


I would say 'Nothing happened there'.

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

There is nothing happening = Nothing is happening at the moment.
 
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emsr2d2 said:
"There is nothing happened" is not a grammatical English sentence.

There is nothing happening = Nothing is happening at the moment.
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What about this?

"There is nothing happens."
 
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I deem it incorrect, but I am not a teacher.
 
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There is nothing happened

sounds just as weird as saying

There is something happened.

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

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

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Matthew Wai said:
I would simply say 'Nothing happened there' instead of adding 'that'.

Not a teacher.
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That is to correct the given sentence from OP.
They are two different sentences.

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"There is nothing that happened" is not a natural sentence.
 
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I am not a teacher.

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

I would simply say, 'Nothing happened'.
 
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