Thread: inflation adjusted prices

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.

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.)