Which is natural, A or B below?
He told me that he would put an apple for me in the refrigetator yesterday.
A. I went to his house today and found there was no apple in it.
B. I went to his house today and found there were no apples in it.
He told me he would put "one apple" for me, so I think "there was no apple" is better.
Is my point of view right?
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Answers · 6
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They're both correct, but A needs the support of a context.
Sentence A is a relatively unusual construction that refers specifically to the one apple mentioned in the previous sentence. Without this specific reference, A would sound odd.
B is the more usual construction, referring to a lack of apples in a more general sense.
Neither sentence is 'better' than the other one per se. While Anthony is right that A relates more closely to the reference to the single apple, I would tend to agree with Jan that B is the more natural-sounding sentence.
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B sounds more natural to me. It's apples in general.
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One apple is right since the question started with one apple :)
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