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26 Dec 2016
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Can you say "Nothing really last"? I think "Nothing really lasts" sounds more correct. Can anyone explain why? Which one is grammaticaly wrong?
Can you say "Nothing really last"? I think "Nothing really lasts" sounds more correct. Can anyone explain why? Which one is grammaticaly wrong?
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"Nothing really lasts" is the correct sentence. I'm not sure why, sorry, but "last" is the wrong tense in this case.
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- Portuguese (Brazil)
because you're referring to "it" take for instance: I last, you last, it lasts.
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Nothing is singular so you must add -s to its verbs
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