有一读者问： there is no question...结构中的 question 一词何时意谓“疑问”?何时意谓“可能性”?
there is no question 之后可接介词 of 或 about, 也可接 that 从句。 question 后接 that 从句时，问题比较简单，它只意谓“疑问”，如：
(1)There is no question that he will succeed.
他无疑会成功。
(2)There is no question that he was involved in this affair.
他无疑与此事有瓜葛。
但当 there is no question 后接 of （有时亦可后接 about）时，问题就有点复杂了。这时， question 可能意谓“疑问”，也可能意谓“可能性”。到底意指什么，要由上下文来决定。如下列一些句子中的 question 显然意指“疑问”：
(3)There is no question about his honesty.
(4)There is no question of his guilt.
(5)You've got to tell them the exact truth. There's really no question about it.
(6)There was absolutely no question about the diagnosis: she had lung cancer.
而下面几个句子中的 question 则显然指“可能性”而言：
(7)There is no question of escape.
(8)There's no question of accidents or suicides. It's definitely murder.
(9)He had always told himself there would be no question of marriage until he was established in practice.
但注意，如果 there is no question 后接“ of+动名词”时，则 question 只能意谓“可能性”，如：
(10)There is no question of saving him.
(11)The hotel was so noisy that there was no question of getting a full night's sleep.
注意下面一句中的动名词否定式：
(12)Gandhi told reporters that there was no question of not having trade with China.
甘地对记者们说不与中国贸易是不可能的。
动名词之前当然也可用物主代词，如：
(13)There is no question of his succeeding.
(14)There is no question of our dismissing you.
(15)There was no question of his working the paddocks， for his brothers didn't want him, nor did he want a kind of life he had always hated.
