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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
None of your business
The definition of "none" is : "not one of a group of people or things" or "not any".
Then why do we use the expression "none of your business/concern" as in "My private life is none of you business/concern." ?
Clearly "business" or "concern" is not a group of things but a singular noun ?
Are they considered as collective nouns ?
Then why do we use the expression "none of your business/concern" as in "My private life is none of you business/concern." ?
Clearly "business" or "concern" is not a group of things but a singular noun ?
Are they considered as collective nouns ?
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"business" and "concern" are uncountable nouns here (rather than singular nouns). " (Having said that, you can think of "none of your/my/etc. )
- "business" and "concern" are uncountable nouns here (rather than singular nouns).
- " (Having said that, you can think of "none of your/my/etc.
- )
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"business" and "concern" are uncountable nouns here (rather than singular nouns). You can use "none" with uncountable nouns to mean "no part of":
"I want none of your nonsense."
"I want none of this paint on the furniture, OK?"
(Having said that, you can think of "none of your/my/etc. business" as being a set expression without worrying too much about its grammatic
"I want none of your nonsense."
"I want none of this paint on the furniture, OK?"
(Having said that, you can think of "none of your/my/etc. business" as being a set expression without worrying too much about its grammatic
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