Thread: inflation adjusted prices

Again a question on economics. Apologize guys but in the last days economics is the only issue on the table.
I know the expression: цены с учётом инфляции.
There is not an participle describing this?

No there isn't.

There is not an participle describing this?

Wow man, three mistakes in one sentence!
Looks like you've been going lazier and lazier.

Originally Posted by Medved

No there isn't.


Wow man, three mistakes in one sentence!
Looks like you've been going lazier and lazier.

Lets try to fix it: There is not any participle describing this?

Where are the three mistakes?

1. Questions with 'there is': word order
2. Article 'A' or 'Any', yes.
3. I'd also consider the 'Not' a flaw because it's very rare nowadays to be used like this. Just stick it to the verb.

Result: Is(n't) there a(ny) participle describing this?

Originally Posted by Medved

1. Questions with 'there is': word order
2. Article 'A' or 'Any', yes.
3. I'd also consider the 'Not' a flaw because it's very rare nowadays to be used like this. Just stick it to the verb.

Result: Is(n't) there a(ny) participle describing this?

Is there any problem?
There is any problem?

I think in English both versions are correct.

Is there any problem?
There is any problem?

I think in English both versions are correct.

Well, I don't think so. If you mean to ask something, the first option is only correct. The 2nd one is worded like a simple narrative sentence, not a question. If you reinforce it with questioning intonation, you'll get either a slangy question that is commonly used only by uneducated people or MAY be used by ordinary people in CERTAIN circumstances (fooling around, acting, etc). Or you can get a rhetoric question, that in fact doesn't need an answer.

Originally Posted by Medved

Well, I don't think so. If you mean to ask something, the first option is only correct. The 2nd one is worded like a simple narrative sentence, not a question. If you reinforce it with questioning intonation, you'll get either a slangy question that is commonly used only by uneducated people or MAY be used by ordinary people in CERTAIN circumstances (fooling around, acting, etc). Or you can get a rhetoric question, that in fact doesn't need an answer.

Thank you Medved. I just forgot my English with all these Russian hanging around.
Yes they should be inverted in order to form a question-structure.

Originally Posted by Medved

No there isn't.
Looks like you've been going lazier and lazier.

It's more natural to say "getting" than "going." If you say "going," it sounds like you're describing the way he has been going... for some reason. Even then, it doesn't really make too much sense.

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

Is there any problem?
There is any problem?

I think in English both versions are correct.

Nope, neither are correct.

Are there any problems? / Is there a problem? (You can't use "any" with a single "problem")
"There is any problem" is just wrong. You can't ask questions like this. It's exclusive to Russian (between English and Russian at least).

You could turn it into a statement by removing the question mark and fixing the sentence like so:
There is a problem. / There are problems. (You can't use "any" here.)

Inverted word order for English questions has certain "exceptions". "Is there any (a problem) problem?"--Correct. There may or may not be, and you want to know whether there is any. "There is any problem?" --Never said. "There('s) is a problem?"-- Can actually be said, but is used when the speaker has heard that there may be a problem, and wants confirmation as to whether there is. "Isn't there a problem?" Proposes that the speaker does in fact think there is a problem, and is asking if the listener agrees or not. "There's (is) a problem, isn't there?" (might have a period instead of question mark in some cases) Depending on intonation, could mean "I assume there's a problem... Oh no, that sucks."(Two lowering pitches, as if they were two statements) or "I thought there was a problem. Is that not actually true?"(raising pitch)......... Soooo.... Yaaay English!

Originally Posted by xXHoax

Inverted word order for English questions has certain "exceptions". "Is there any (a problem) problem?"--Correct. There may or may not be, and you want to know whether there is any. "There is any problem?" --Never said. "There('s) is a problem?"-- Can actually be said, but is used when the speaker has heard that there may be a problem, and wants confirmation as to whether there is. "Isn't there a problem?" Proposes that the speaker does in fact think there is a problem, and is asking if the listener agrees or not. "There's (is) a problem, isn't there?" (might have a period instead of question mark in some cases) Depending on intonation, could mean "I assume there's a problem... Oh no, that sucks."(Two lowering pitches, as if they were two statements) or "I thought there was a problem. Is that not actually true?"(raising pitch)......... Soooo.... Yaaay English!

"Yaaay English!" indeed, haha.

Keep in mind that there are far more natives who can't speak English properly than people learning. You guys are in the minority, so be proud that you're working so hard to speak it properly.