any chairs in the room

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any chairs in the room

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a. There wasn't any chair in the room.
b. There weren't any chairs in the room.


Are both these sentences grammatically correct?
Is there any difference in the meanings?

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Re: any chairs in the room

Post by Alan »

Yes, but the second is more idiomatic.
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