Nothings?

Started by Shedinja8 October 13th, 2009 4:23 PM
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Can there be nothings?

Shedinja8

Niger, atrum vel malum. Sumo.

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I was working in my latin class today with pural nouns and what not and I started righting some words I knew. The word Nihil came up. I thought about it for a moment. Nihil means literally "nothing" but does that mean I can't be plural? Can nothing in any language be pural? Can there be many nothings in real life? The more I asked these question to myself, the more I began conflicting with myself. I need an answer despertaly. I would enjoy some oppinions on this. So the main question is:
Can the be nothings?
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
- Mae West

NarutoActor

The rocks cry out to me

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no there cant even be nothing(singular) everything is made up of matter
~There are those people who understand hex, F the rest

Esper

California
Seen June 30th, 2018
Posted June 30th, 2018
Convention may dictate that you can't have 'nothings' but conceptually you can. It's like in mathematics where you have multiple infinities.

"There is nothing going on in my life. Nothing happens at work. My fridge has nothing in it. All these nothings are bringing me down."

I wouldn't say someone is wrong to write that, just unconventional. The 'nothings' are all qualified.