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There wasn't any food vs There weren't any food

The correct phrase is 'there wasn't any food.' 'Wasn't' is the contraction of 'was not,' which agrees with 'any food" which is singular. 'Weren't' is the contraction of 'were not,' which is used with plural subjects.
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There wasn't any food

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'there wasn't any food' when referring to a singular item or uncountable noun that was absent.

There weren't any food

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • Sep 22, 2015 ... ... Hill “because there weren't any food courses”—now lectures to 400 students there and has seen a sharp uptick in student interest in the food ...
  • At the time, there weren't any food-themed social networks to connect home cooks in real time. Twitter was just getting started, and Facebook was still just for  ...
  • Nov 23, 2015 ... At that time there weren't any food tours in Chicago and the idea of spending an afternoon tasting your way through a neighborhood was pretty ...
  • Sep 9, 2015 ... When Ellis first came to Cartagena a handful of years ago, she discovered that there weren't any food-based tours. She started working as ...

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