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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.

‘āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϛ⧇’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύāĨ¤ ‘āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϘāϟāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“There’s nothing you can harm.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing the police can identify.”

“āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āϏāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing we can agree on.”

“āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing we can join.”

“āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing she can cook.”

“āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing my dog can learn.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤”

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

‘āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤

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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“There is nothing I cannot ask for.”

“āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϚāĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing we cannot accomplish.”

“āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing our dog cannot open.”

“āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing that truck cannot move.”

“āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχ āϝāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ• āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

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.

‘āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇’ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āϘāϟāϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āύāϝāĻŧ.

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

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

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that she cheated on him.”

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

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

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that you like to paint.”

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāρāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤”

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

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻļā§‹ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

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

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤”

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

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

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

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that he will not return.”

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“Rumor has it that it happened while texting.”

“āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤”