Quantifier: no, none and any

J. use 'no' + noun, No = 'not a' or 'not any' (e.g. We had to walk home because there was no bus. (= There wasn't a bus))
a. can use 'no' + noun at the beginning of a sentence (e.g. No reason was given for the change of plan)
b. use 'none' without a noun (e.g. How much money do you have? None. (= no money))
c. After 'none of' + plural, the verb can be singular or plural (e.g. none of the students, none of them. None of the shops were (or was) open.)

J1. Nothing, nobody, no-one, nowhere
a. We can use ‘nothing’, ‘nobody’, ‘no-one’, ‘nowhere’ negative words at the beginning of a sentence or alone. (e.g. Nobody (or No one) came to visit me while I was in hospital.)

b. can also use these words after a verb (be or have) (e.g. The house is empty. There's nobody living there.)
c. 'nothing', 'nobody' etc. = not + anything/ anybody etc. (e.g. I didn't say anything (= I said nothing))
d. do not use a negative verb with 'nothing', 'nobody' etc. (e.g. Nobody tells me anything. (not Nobody doesn't tell me))

J2. 'any', 'anything', 'anybody' etc. (without not) to mean 'it doesn't matter'. (e.g. The exam was very easy. Anybody could have passed. (= it doesn't matter who))

J3. after 'nobody', 'no one', can use they/ them/ their. (e.g. Nobody phoned, did they? (= did he or she))

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Idiom 365

Zero Tolerance: A form of policing that allows no crime or anti-social behaviour to be overlooked.
Example: The police are exercising a new policy of zero tolerance against motoring offenders.

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