where there was/were none

where there was/were none

释义：“在原先没有的地方”，形容无中生有，或是从零到一、从无到有的开拓性工作。后者在留学文书里经常用到。注意was或were要与where之前名词的数保持一致。

例句：
Some Republicans accused him of creating a crisis where there was none.
Now, streams flow from where there were none.