There are no clocks in the classroom.

[tzfujimino]

Hello.
Please read the two sentences below.

1. There is no clock in the classroom.
2. There are no clocks in the classroom.
(I'm describing the classroom now.)

I know they are both grammatically correct, but I'm not really sure which sounds more natural.

Thank you.

 

[SoothingDave]

2

 

[tzfujimino]

Thank you, Dave.

May I ask one more question?
How about the two examples below? Which sounds more natural?

1. I have no house to live in.
2. I have no houses to live in.

Thank you again.

 

[Winwin2011]

Hello.
Please read the two sentences below.

1. There is no clock in the classroom.
2. There are no clocks in the classroom.
(I'm describing the classroom now.)

I know they are both grammatically correct, but I'm not really sure which sounds more natural.

Thank you.

Not a teacher

It seems that many native speakers would say something like 'There is no + plural noun' in daily conversation although it is ungrammatically. Am I correct?

 

[SoothingDave]

Thank you, Dave.

May I ask one more question?
How about the two examples below? Which sounds more natural?

1. I have no house to live in.
2. I have no houses to live in.

Thank you again.

1. Most people don't have multiple houses.

 

[SoothingDave]

Not a teacher

It seems that many native speakers would say something like 'There is no + plural noun' in daily conversation although it is ungrammatically. Am I correct?

Some would, yes. "Ungrammatical," not "ungrammatically."

 

[Rover_KE]

Not a teacher

It seems that many native speakers would say something like 'There is no + plural noun' in daily conversation although it is ungrammatical. Am I correct?

That is not at all common or usual in BE.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hello.
Please read the two sentences below.

1. There is no clock in the classroom.
2. There are no clocks in the classroom.
(I'm describing the classroom now.)

I know they are both grammatically correct, but I'm not really sure which sounds more natural.

Thank you.

I would not expect multiple clocks in a classroom, so I would go with #1.

Phrased differently, it could be "There are no clocks in classrooms."