None at all, not even one: “This pond used to be full of fish but now there’s ________ left.”
| NONE | 411 |
| NOT A ONE | 245 |
| NARY A ONE | 93 |
| NOTHING | 73 |
| NOT ANY | 62 |
| NR | 47 |
| NOT ONE | 41 |
| NOT A SINGLE ONE | 29 |
| NARY ONE | 24 |
| HARDLY ANY | 17 |
| NONE AT ALL | 13 |
| ABSOLUTELY NONE | 8 |
| AREN’T ANY | 5 |
| FEW | 5 |
| ISN’T ANY | 5 |
| NOT EVEN ONE | 5 |
| ARY ONE | 4 |
| NO MORE | 4 |
| NOT A FISH | 4 |
| NOT NARY A ONE | 4 |
| SCARCELY ANY | 4 |
| GONE | 3 |
| NARY A FISH | 3 |
| THEY’RE ALL GONE | 3 |
| ALL GONE | 2 |
| ARE NONE | 2 |
| HARDLY A ONE | 2 |
| ISN’T A ONE | 2 |
| NEITHER | 2 |
| NO FISH | 2 |
| NOT A LOUSY ONE | 2 |
| NOT A THING | 2 |
| NOT NARY ONE | 2 |
| NOT THE FIRST ONE | 2 |
| VERY FEW | 2 |
| AIN’T ANYTHING THERE | 1 |
| AIN’T NONE | 1 |
| ARY A ONE | 1 |
| AUGHT | 1 |
| BEANS | 1 |
| CLEANED OUT | 1 |
| COMPLETELY GONE | 1 |
| EMPTY | 1 |
| HAIN’T ARY A ONE | 1 |
| HAIN’T NONE LEFT | 1 |
| HANDFUL | 1 |
| HARDLY ONE | 1 |
| ISN’T A SINGLE ONE | 1 |
| ISN’T ONE | 1 |
| IT’S ALL FISHED OUT | 1 |
| IT’S CLEAN OF FISH | 1 |
| IT’S DRY | 1 |
| IT’S KAPUT | 1 |
| IT’S PLUMB EMPTY | 1 |
| JUST ALL GONE | 1 |
| NAR | 1 |
| NAR ONE | 1 |
| NARELY ONE | 1 |
| NARN | 1 |
| NARY | 1 |
| NARY UN | 1 |
| NIL | 1 |
| NO ACTION | 1 |
| NOT A BLESSED ONE | 1 |
| NOT A DAMN ONE | 1 |
| NOT A DARN ONE | 1 |
| NOT A MINNOW | 1 |
| NOT A SIGN OF ONE | 1 |
| NOT A SOUL | 1 |
| NOT A TAIL | 1 |
| NOT A TRACE | 1 |
| NOT A TRACE OF ONE | 1 |
| NOT A VESTIGE | 1 |
| NOT EVEN A LITTLE ONE | 1 |
| NOT EVEN A TOAD | 1 |
| NOT NOTHING | 1 |
| NOTHING BUT TURTLES | 1 |
| SCARCE A ONE | 1 |
| THEY BEEN CAUGHT OUT | 1 |
| THEY’RE SCARCE | 1 |
| ZERO | 1 |
| ZILCH | 1 |
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