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dvdhsu on May 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: None of Us Knows What We're Doing

Yep, "none" is not always singular. For example: "None of them are coming today" instead of "none of them is coming today". It is generally considered unidiomatic to use the latter.

hugh3 on May 23, 2011 [–]

No, the former is wrong (and sounds very wrong to me) regardless of how frequently misused it is.

"None" == "Not one", and therefore singular.

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