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TeacherJapan Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct?

Are they both correct? Which sounds more natural to you?

A) I got five letters, but none of them were from my teacher.

B) I got five letters, but there wasn’t a letter from my teacher among them.

  

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They are both natural English. "

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They are both natural English. Sentence A is better in most contexts, but bear in mind that some think "none" is technically singular: "but none of them was from my teacher." Your version is more natural and better because "none" is not really singular: "but none of them were …."

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