Essay on nothing.

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Xilma Tirado

Fernando Magallanes

English 12- 2

14 October 2003

Essay on nothing

         We start, then, with nothing, zip, pure, zero, nada. But this is not the nothing of negation. For not means other than, and other is merely a synonym of the ordinal numeral second. As such it implies a first; while the present pure zero is prior to every first. The nothing of negation is the nothing of death, which comes second to, or after, everything. But this pure zero is the nothing of not having been born. There is no individual thing, no compulsion, outward nor inward, no law. It is the germinal nothing, in which the whole universe is involved or foreshadowed. As such, it is absolutely undefined and unlimited possibility -- boundless possibility. There is no compulsion and no law. It is boundless freedom.

          Nothing means: No thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it, No part; no portion: Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole, One of no consequence, significance, or interest: The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me.  

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             According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. Nothing but roses meets (not meet) the eye. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition).

       Like I said before nothing is the absence of anything. Not a thing. What could be simpler and more straightforward? Actually, it's pretty complicated. Nothing is no thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it. No part, ...

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