The type 'string' must be a non-nullable type in order to use it as parameter T in the generic type or method 'System.Nullable<T>'

Question

Why do I get Error "The type 'string' must be a non-nullable value type in order to use it as parameter 'T' in the generic type or method 'System.Nullable'"?

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Universe;

namespace Universe
{
    public class clsdictionary
    {
      private string? m_Word = "";
      private string? m_Meaning = "";

      string? Word { 
          get { return m_Word; }
          set { m_Word = value; }
      }

      string? Meaning { 
          get { return m_Meaning; }
          set { m_Meaning = value; }
      }
    }
}

Answer 1

Use string instead of string? in all places in your code.

The Nullable<T> type requires that T is a non-nullable value type, for example int or DateTime. Reference types like string can already be null. There would be no point in allowing things like Nullable<string> so it is disallowed.

Also if you are using C# 3.0 or later you can simplify your code by using auto-implemented properties:

public class WordAndMeaning
{
    public string Word { get; set; }
    public string Meaning { get; set; }
}