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「Learn Japanese」 ～はずがない as “there’s no way that～, cannot be～” (～はず Grammar Patterns Pt. 3)

「Learn Japanese」 ～はずがない as “there’s no way that～, cannot be～, impossible that～, highly unlikely that～, etc.” (Negative):

Construction:
Negative-Form-VERB + はずです = “suppose to be/should be that does not VERB”
Non-Negative-Form-VERB + はずがない = “there’s no way that does VERB”
*The latter obviously has a stronger emphasis.

Another approach to using negative form with ～はずです is to change it to ～はずがない, which applies a stronger sense of emphasis as can be perceived in its common translations, including “there’s no way that～, cannot be～, impossible that～, highly unlikely that～, etc.” It can be considered that this in turn makes ～はずがない a grammar pattern in and of itself.

～はずがない is very similar to the other grammar pattern ～わけがない and in most cases is very much interchangeable with it. The slight difference between the two in regard to intentions behind usage is that ～はずがない will at times implies a logical reason for denying something while ～わけがない can be said without one just because.

* ～はずがない can also be observed being used as variants such as ～はずはない and ～はずもない

Example(s):
それが本当のはずがない。
Sore ga hontou no hazu ga nai
There’s no way that’s true.

彼女が嘘をつくはずがない。
Kanojo ga uso o tsuku hazu ga nai
There’s no way that she’s lying.

彼は入院したから、明日の試合に参加するはずがない
Kare wa nyuuin shita kara, ashita no shiai ni sanka suru hazu ga nai
He’s been admitted to the hospital, so there’s no way he’ll be able to participate in the match tomorrow.

真面目な学生の田中は学校をサボっているはずがない
Majime na gakusei no Tanaka wa gakkou o sabotte iru hazu ga nai
There’s no way Tanaka, the serious student, would be skipping school.

はずではない seems to be another way to invoke a negative form of this grammar pattern albeit much more seldom. Perhaps this is due to the present-tense phrasing of はずではない and はずではありません being easily confused with using the negative form to ask a question. Most predominantly, the construction of the present-tense Dictionary-Form of a VERB with the past-tense phrasing of はずではなかった or はずではありませんでした has the intention of expressing that one “was not supposed to do something” with a feeling of regret or dissatisfaction.

Example(s):
こんなはずじゃなかったのに
konna hazu jyanakatta no ni
It wasn’t supposed to go this way

Double Negative with ～はずがない Example(s):
彼は嘘をつかないはずがない。
Kare wa uso o tsukanai hazu ga nai
There’s no way he won’t lie.

*Instances of this double negative are more commonly used when the WORD is verb, as opposed to adjective and nouns, due to there being a better separation between the action and the expectation.

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