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Question 89

The inventory search found zero objects inside the sealed case. Which sentence reports that fact with the correct negative pronoun?

  1. Nobody was inside the sealed case.
  2. Nothing was inside the sealed case.Correct answer
  3. Nothing wasn't inside the sealed case.
  4. No one thing wasn't inside the sealed case.

Explanation

Nothing refers to the absence of things and works with the positive verb was. Nobody would refer to people, while none needs an understood set or an of phrase in these alternatives.

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