sorry, need an urgent advice on "none of us was or were.." thx sooo much!

"None of...." can be followed by either the singular or plural form of the verb depending on the context.

Thanks Montur! *v*

So, if the context is:

We knew we were going to spend the weekend outdoors, but none of us ( was / were ) sure exactly how.

Please advise again, thx soooooo much! ^^

Was is correct. Use it unless you think that your audience will think you are stuffy or talking down to them.

I would say was on an exam, but almost everyone I know says were in conversation. I've even heard were in that context on the national news on a major network.
CJ

In British English none is singular, so none of us was in is certainly correct. People do often say none of us were in, but the plural sounds more natural to my ear if there is a strong plural pull later in the sentence, as in something like None of the thousands of unhappy people who were marooned in that disastrous flood were able to save any of their possessions. Here there's also the proble

Thanks for all your valuable advice, Philip, CalifJim and Thomas Tompion! G'day to you all! Many thanks again....

None of us but some of our opponents (was, were) warned for foul play.

Some of our opponents were warned - Some is clearly plural.

Some of us were. (pl) Some = more than one.

None of us were. This may be followed by singular OR plural depending on the context. You could write None of the computers IS or ARE working. But obviously you couldn't write None of them IS better players than the Germans. You'd have to write ARE.


It is important to ask yourself whether the subject o

The trouble with this advice is that 'None of them are better players than the Germans' is an odd sentence in itself: is it referring to teams (not one of those teams) or to an individual player? (in which case, why isn't it 'None of them is a better player than any of the Germans'?), though it hints at an important truth about the expression: none can mean not one group of several groups and the