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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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none of

Can I say,

She cried for help, but none of villagers came to give help.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, She cried for help, but none of villagers came to give help. but none of the villagers came to help

  • Vincent Teo Can I say, She cried for help, but none of villagers came to give help.
  • but none of the villagers came to help
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

She cried for help, but none of villagers came to give help.

......but none of the villagers came to help
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Thank you. Would you say 'the' was necessary since contextually it is clear a specific group of villagers were being mentioned?

Also, when 'no one' should be used, and 'none' shouldn't be when both terms can be used to refer to people?
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AnonymousThank you. Would you say 'the' was necessary since contextually it is clear a specific group of villagers were being mentioned?

Also, when 'no one' should be used, and 'none' shouldn't be when both terms can be used to refer to people?

Hi

'The' is necessary since it refers to the people who liv
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Thank you.

Are these the same?
No one came home and none came home.

When should we use 'none' and when should we use 'no one'? I have seen 'none' used to refer to people or a person.

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