Question about the の in のはずがない

Japanese
#1

I’m talking about this:

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The grammar structure is: Noun + の・はず・が・ない

それはあなたのカバンのはずがない。 is therefore correct and それはあなたのカバン_はずがない。 isn’t. However, the site tells me that それはあなたのカバン_はずがありません。 is also an accepted answer, which seems weird to me because it’s missing the の.

According to the grammar structure, the の should still be required since you’re only changing the ない into ありません.

So my question is this, can I omit the の if I use the polite negative and if yes, why is that?

Noun + の・はず・が・ない Correct!!
Noun + はず・が・ありません Correct??

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#2

Hey! :smiley:

It was a mistake, the の has to be there.
It has been fixed. :+1:

By the way, in written language, you can sometimes see だった used between はず and noun/なadjective instead of の. Though の is still used more often.

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#3

Ah, good thing that I asked! :slight_smile:

Thanks for the quick response and the trivia, I’m sure that will come in handy sometime in the future.

Here’s funny kitten GIF for your troubles!

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#4

Thank you , it is really cute :wink: