~ことがある for more than one thing


In the Genki II textbook, there is a phrase that goes like this:

> うめぼし，のりなどを見たこと **も** 聞いたこと **も** ありませんでした。

Now, I understand that this roughly means that "I've never seen or heard of
pickled plums or nori algae.", but I was wondering why there is no が particle
in the sentence.

The "basic" structure sentence for having the experience of something is

> ~ことがあります。

Since there are two things that are being referred to, I would have written it
something like this:

> うめぼし，のりなどを見たこと **も** 聞いたこと **が** ありませんでした。

I know this probably isn't correct, but can someone explain in to me? Why is
there no が particle in the original sentence?




> 〜も〜もない or 〜も〜もありません

is a very commonly used phrase to express two negative verb consecutively. In
English it's like saying 'Neither have I seen it nor heard of it.' Although it
doesn't always have to be negative

> あれもこれも〜

Roughly translate to 'This and that are all...',「も」is used when you want to
group few things together and sounds more inclusive. On the other hand「が」
directly points at a single thing/object. And lastly...

> 〜も〜がありません

As you mentioned is an improper use of 「が」in your example, but

> 今日 **も** 時間 **が** ありません ("I don't have the time today too")

Is correct since が points at the noun 'time'. I guess it is a completely
different use case, but it is an useful phrase.




> 〜も〜もない or 〜も〜もありません

is a very commonly used phrase to express two negative verb consecutively. In
English it's like saying 'Neither have I seen it nor heard of it.' Although it
doesn't always have to be negative

> あれもこれも〜

Roughly translate to 'This and that are all...',「も」is used when you want to
group few things together and sounds more inclusive. On the other hand「が」
directly points at a single thing/object. And lastly...

> 〜も〜がありません

As you mentioned is an improper use of 「が」in your example, but

> 今日 **も** 時間 **が** ありません ("I don't have the time today too")

Is correct since が points at the noun 'time'. I guess it is a completely
different use case, but it is an useful phrase.

