Nothing to see or nothing to do? How do you write? understand the difference

The speech is the same, but the writing is different. The phenomenon happens with countless words in the Portuguese language. This is another case of grammar confusion when writing an expression. "Nothing to see or nothing to be" have different meanings and usually what people mean is "nothing to see", but end up getting confused.

Understand the difference between them and know which one to use correctly.

Know the difference between nothing to see or nothing to be

Nothing to see

When you want to talk about things that are unrelated or unrelated, the correct usage is “nothing to do”. Usually the expression is accompanied by a negative, as in the sentences of the examples below:

• It has nothing to do with you.
• My case and his have nothing to do with it.
• It has nothing to do with each other.
• The movie has nothing to do with the book.

Replacing "nothing to do" with other words you can better understand its meaning:

• It is not related to each other.
• The movie doesn't match the book.
• My case and his are unrelated.

double negation

It is still common for people to use the expression with a negation in the sentence, thus occurring a double negation with the term “not having”. Its use is not incorrect, although many people condemn it. It serves to reinforce the denial you want to express.

Check out the examples:

• This book has nothing to do with me.
• You have nothing to do with this whole story.
• It has nothing to do, we are just friends!

there is nothing

This is not an expression considered incorrect, it just doesn't have the same use of “nothing to do” in the sentences in which it appears. It cannot be used to talk about the relationship between two things, for example. In this case, the “nothing” is just a complement to the verb “haver”. Look at the examples:

• As I had nothing else to do with it, I ended up leaving.
• I was glad nothing happened to them in the accident.

nothing to see

As opposed to “nothing to see”, some people use “nothing to see”, generating discussion if the form is correct. In fact, there is nothing wrong. This expression, however, was more usual in ancient times it fell out of favor in the language. It works exactly like a synonym for “nothing to see”:

• He has nothing to do with it, it's your problem.
• I have nothing to do with the case.

Nothing to see or nothing to do - VIDEO

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