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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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''1: None of the students are going.'' ''2: None of the students is...''

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01font01b001:02b00 None of the students 01b01u00are02u02b00 going.02font02br
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01font01b002:02b00 None of the students 01b01u00is02u02b00 going.02font02br
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00I know sentence #1 is correct because the book says so. If it were up to me, then I would consider the sentence #2 correct rather than the sentence #1. None is singular, not plural. None means 01i00not a single02i00. 01b00Right?02b0-
  

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0 This is what the OED says:02br 02br 00— USAGE00 Some traditionalists maintain that 01b 00none02b 00 can only take a singular verb (as in 01i 00none of them is coming tonight02i 00 rather than 01i 00none of them are coming tonight02i 00). 0-

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  • 0 This is what the OED says:02br 02br 00— USAGE00 Some traditionalists maintain that 01b 00none02b 00 can only take a singular verb (as in 01i 00none of them is coming tonight02i 00 rather than 01i 00none of them are coming tonight02i 00).
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0 This is what the OED says:02br
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00— USAGE00 Some traditionalists maintain that 01b00none02b00 can only take a singular verb (as in 01i00none of them is coming tonight02i00 rather than 01i00none of them are coming tonight02i00). However, 01b00none02b00 is descended from Old En
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10This is what the OED says:12br
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10— USAGE10 Some traditionalists maintain that 11b10none12b10 can only take a singular verb (as in 11i10none of them is coming tonight12i10 rather than 11i10none of them are coming tonight12i
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11cite20Feebs1122cite20This is what the OED says:22br
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20— USAGE20 Some traditionalists maintain that 21b20none22b20 can only take a singular verb (as in 21i20none of them is coming tonight22i
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0 Hi,02br
00I always use a plural verb with "none". I see it as the same as "some", "many", etc. 02br
01b00Many people are here. Many are here.02br
00Some people are here. Some are here.02br
00None of people are here. None are here.02b02br
00Exception: I use a singualr verb in cases like:02br
01b00None
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
10I always use a plural verb with "none". I see it as the same as "some", "many", etc. 12br
11b10Many people are here. Many are here.12br
10Some people are here. Some are here.12br
10None of people are here. None are here.12b12br
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none means no one. you would say no one is going, right?
even if you say not a single one, you would say not a single one is going.
eg: a single person was walking on the road.
negation: not a single person was walking on the road.
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Is it like None of the student is are going.

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Jackson6612Please check the following sentences:
1: None of the students are going.
2: None of the students is going.

I know sentence #1 is correct because the book says so. If it were up to me, then I would consider the sentence #2 correct rather than the se

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Ans is. None of the students is (correct)
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