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الديانة : الحمد لله على نعمة الاسلام الجنسية : ارض الانبياء والاتقياء والشرفاء الانقياء عدد المساهمات : 1083 العمر : 35 المهنة : ليس بعد الابراج : الأبراج الصينية : نقاط : 19401 السمعة : 73 تاريخ الميلاد : 29/08/1988 تاريخ التسجيل : 11/01/2011 الموقع : http://baghdadsniper.net/ar/index.htm العمل/الترفيه : القراءة والاطلاع المزاج : بخير والحمد لله
| موضوع: None of them/these is OR are? 2011-10-15, 8:36 pm | |
| Normally none means not one; then none of them is.. should be correct! Normally it is often said:none of them are..!I invite your valuable comments on this.
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Here's something I wrote on this issue in another forum:
When individuality is being emphasized (that is, ‘not one’), a singular form of the verb is used:
“She is difficult to describe physically - none of her features is particularly striking.” (That is, of all her facial features, not one is striking.)
“It was a quiet night in the restaurant. There was an elderly couple in one of the booths, but none of the other tables was occupied.” (That is, not one table, not a single other table was occupied.)
When you are considering things as a collective group (the notion of a sub-group within a larger group), use the plural:
“Many factors contribute to rampant disease in African countries, but fortunately, none of these are present in South Africa.” | |
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عدد المساهمات : 30 العمر : 26 الابراج : الأبراج الصينية : نقاط : 147 السمعة : 50 تاريخ الميلاد : 01/01/1998 تاريخ التسجيل : 03/05/2014
| موضوع: رد: None of them/these is OR are? 2014-05-18, 7:54 pm | |
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