flashlight2537

[bitter panther]

Please be patient

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[frozen dragon]

Actually I'm thinking to myself....maybe it's like "starless" we wouldn't say "starsless"...

[lusty flame]

In french, 0 is singular

In english it's plural, for some reason

[mint nymph]

I'm not french but I'll take a guess that it's like (without a star)

[frozen dragon]

O ?

[lusty flame]

Yea

[frozen dragon]

Can you explain? because I don't know what O is.

[lusty flame]

Zero?

The number?

Sorry I thought you were saying "oh?" I didn't think you misread

[frozen dragon]

Oh I did misread...ok the number zero, I got you

[teal saddle]

I believe "sans étoiles" and"sans étoile" are both correct

after de/d' in negation, the noun can be plural or singular

depending on what you negate. Michel a une bicyclette-> Michel n'a pas de bicyclette. Vous n'avez pas d'amis?

If "the sky has many stars" then the negation should have 's' following the "étoile"

[lusty flame]

You can use the plural if the word only exists in the plural, if it would change meaning in the singular, if the situation would require the plural in the positive, or if you really want to emphasize the fact that there would be several in the positive even if not a requirement