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Use of There’s nothing + (subject) + can + (verb) & Rumor has it that + (subject + verb); Day: 50

There’s nothing + (subject) + can + (verb)

‘There’s’ is a contraction of the words ‘there is.’ When using the word ‘nothing’ you are suggesting that something cannot happen or be done.

‘āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤ ‘āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“There’s nothing you can harm.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“There’s nothing the police can identify.”

“āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻļ āĻ¸āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“There’s nothing we can agree on.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“There’s nothing we can join.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“There’s nothing she can cook.”

“āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“There’s nothing my dog can learn.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

By using the word ‘cannot’ or ‘can’t’ you change the expression to mean that all is possible.

‘āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“There is nothing I cannot ask for.”

“āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing we cannot accomplish.”

“āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing our dog cannot open.”

“āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ° āĻ–ā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing that truck cannot move.”

“āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ• āĻšāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

Rumor has it that + (subject + verb)

‘Rumor has it’ is an expression used when suggesting you might have heard something or read about something that is taking place now or in the future. A rumor is not a fact.

‘āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡’ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ.

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“Rumor has it that that player will get traded.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻĄ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that she cheated on him.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that they are going to get married.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that you like to paint.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that show is going to end.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļā§‹ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that he is going to get a raise.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that your sister got in trouble.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that she goes to our gym.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that he will not return.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that it happened while texting.”

“āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻ¸āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”