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U5252520 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Need help

Hi, can someone please tell me the best answers of the following questions?

1) None of us ( has/ haven't ) eaten dinner yet.

2) My grandfather has been ( in/ to ) hospital a long time.

Thanks a lot Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

None of us has eaten dinner yet. Non of us have n't eaten dinner yet . The purist insists that only #1 is correct, but most of us are happy with #2.

— Fivejedjon

  • None of us has eaten dinner yet.
  • Non of us have n't eaten dinner yet .
  • The purist insists that only #1 is correct, but most of us are happy with #2.
  • My grandfather has been in hospital (for) a long time.
  • He went to hospital a long time ago .
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None of us has eaten dinner yet.
Non of us haven't eaten dinner yet.

The purist insists that only #1 is correct, but most of us are happy with #2.

My grandfather has been in hospital (for) a long time.
He went to hospital a long time ago.

These are correct in British English.
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None of us has eaten dinner yet
My grandfather has been in hospital a long time
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AnonymousNone of us has eaten dinner yet
Either you are a purist, or you didn't read my last post.
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