'There is no water on the moon, nor is there an atmosphere around it'

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trueheart_205

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Can I say 'There is no water on the moon, nor is there an atmosphere around it'?
If it is wrong, please point me the mistake.
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I would say:

There is no water on the moon, nor atmosphere around it.
 

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:up: - but the original was grammatically sound, and doesn't sound unnatural to me. And I think to cover yourself against possible future discoveries you need to say something like 'there is no known liquid water on the surface of the moon...'. But that Star Trek stuff isn't really the business of this forum!

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How about "The moon has neither water nor atmosphere"?
 

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Didn't they find some water on the moon?
 

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I like Ems's offering but I think Tdol may be right - which is why I hedged my bets in post #3.

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I don't agree with the users who are using "atmosphere" as an uncountable noun, like hair. It's an atmosphere, in my view.
 
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