I have chosen this quotation for a simple reason, this is the less philosophic. I have never validated any philosophic exams. With all due respect to Albert Einstein, I don't have lots of imagination so I prefer to talk about something I have already felt : boredom and terror in a plane.
I tend to add an other emotion : pain. Because I'm too tall for economic seat, and my wallet is too small for business seat.
Boredom and terror are totally natural in plane. And maybe we are more terrified because we don't have other thing to do than thinking about how we are going to crash.
Flying in plane is something we don't control and we don't know anything about how it really works. So it's a source of anxiety. We don't care about statistics and the fact that car is more dangerous than plane when whe are shaked by turbulences. At this time we just regret not have travelled in conoe to head New York City. That drives us crazy and we don't have the choice to renounce because we are locked in this shaked place, piled up, eating lukewarm meal and watching Titanic. Welcome to the Devil Company!
But I found a solution. No, it's not trust the pilot because I have never met him/her before the flight. It's a recipe based on two ingredients : sleeping pill and anxiolytic. Pretty easy to prepare and diabolically effective. Forget boredom and terror and let's dream to infinity and beyond
Why no can be followed by either a singular or plural noun
The reason that no can be followed by either a singular or a plural noun is that it can mean not a or not any. Usually, it means not any – zero – because when we use a negative we refer to plurals, I don’t have any books / I have no books. Negatives have plurals because we are showing nothing of a possible many things.
There are no chairs left to sit on.
No dogs allowed.
He has no scruples.
Most of the time, it is therefore correct to follow no with a plural noun – if it is countable. If it is uncountable, we usually use the uncountable version of the noun, not a plural version (e.g. no butter not no butters).
However, sometimes there is only one thing possible, or we wish to emphasise a particular thing (for example when a singular thing has been asked about); in these cases a singular is more appropriate. Consider the following examples:
I have no wife. (only one wife would be expected)
She has no bike. (she would only expect to own one bike)
Singular nouns can also be more appropriate for emphasis, when no precedes a subject noun – because it may emphasise not a single thing. For example:
No player has won this award more than once.
No man is happy without chocolate.
Collocations of no
A number of common nouns combine with no idiomatically (and wouldn’t use not a or not any). Many of these are uncountable. These collocations include no idea, no time, no doubt, no amount, no reason, no need, no problem, no way, no point, no use, no way, no evidence.
There’s no time left, we have to go.
I have no idea what the answer is.
No need to thank me, it was my pleasure.
These collocations often have idiomatic uses, which may be used differently to countable versions of the nouns. For example, no idea is used to mean no knowledge, but no ideas can be used to mean no creative thoughts or plans.
No – Singular or Plural Nouns Exercise
In the following sentences, decide if no (and the verb to be) should be followed by a singular or a plural noun (shown in brackets).
There __________ at the pond. (ducks)
__________ allowed in the lobby. (child)
I have __________ left. (milk)
You said there __________ we could afford. (car)
That rough man has __________ left. (tooth)
__________ of talking could persuade him to stop. (amount)
The rules state __________ can be taken home. (bottle)
There __________ we can get to the show in time. (way)
If there are __________ left to discuss, let’s end the meeting. (topic)
She taught __________ last week. (new material)
The police took __________ when raiding the building. (chance)
Everything was gathered to escape the routine I fed up with. They've got a happy marriage, great careers, wonderful kids - in fact they've got everything going for them come along
STOP REMEMBER FORGET TRY REGRET
1 stop to do:pause and then do something
stop doing:not continue
2 forget to do:not remember
forget doing:you didn't do something now you remember it
3 regret to do:feel sorry to give bad news
regret doing:fell sorry for what you did in the past
4 try to do:make an effort to do something
try doing:do something to see if it has an effect,try something new
5 remember to do:remember something and then do it
remember doing:soemthing happened in the past and now you remember it
CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION
1 Kids!Please stop noise.I am trying to concantrate.
2 Ezgi:I have a terrible headache.
Zeynep:Why don't you try ?
3 I will never forget that terrible accident.
4 Do you remember your best friend for the first time?
5 I regret to you,but you've failed your English exam.
6 You should stop her.She is a great liar.
7 Last night Melike tried hard the car,but she couldn't.
8 Don't forget bread on your way home.
9 Let's stop a drink.I know a good pub on the corner.
10 I clearly remember her.She looked great in her suit.
11 Why don't we stop homework and play some computer games?
12 If you see Nazlý,remember her to the party.
13 I can't make a cake.I remember one many years ago.It was as hard as a rock.
14 You should try your best.I know you can do much better.
15 I don't remember Hicran.She is a total stranger to me.
16 When we arrived in Venice,we stopped Sinem.She was so glad to see us.
17 Onur tried hard the exam,but he couldn't.
18 We stopped some souveniers,but no shops were open.
19 Now she regrets my proposal,but it's too late.
20 Yes Sevde,you may go to your friend's house.But try late.
21 He stopped and started wrestling.
22 I always remember the door when I go out.
23 It is a very busy restaurant.Don't forget
24 Oh my god!I forgot the cat.
25 Ilyas:I can't sleep.
Duygu:You should try sheep.
26:I tried to my wallet everywhere,but I couldn't.
