plural or singular "none"Some of your examples in this lesson sounded like nails on a chalkboard, so I did some research and would like to point out some needed corrections. (Note: I don't know if the British speak as in your examples, but Americans don't.)
Here is a link discussing whether "none" takes a singular or plural verb which corroborates my viewpoint. I used some of their examples. - https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/none/
The rule is that if the word "none" is referencing a singular thing, then it takes a singular verb. If instead it is referencing plural things, then it takes a plural verb. So the following examples should be corrected.
The girls are going out tonight, but none (of them) ARE taking the train. ("girls" is plural)
None of your dresses FIT me. ("dresses" is plural)
None of his books ARE interesting. ("books" is plural)
Out of all the lies you told, none ARE believable. ("lies" is plural)
None of them ARE interesting. ("them" is plural)
The following is an example of singular "none".
None of the pizza IS left. ("pizza" is singular)
However, none of the pizzas ARE left. ("pizzas" is plural)
Hope that helps.
Note: One of the examples at the link that I provided above is inaccurate. "None of the members ARE going." ("members" is plural, but they treat it as singular which is wrong)
One more: "Out of all of us, none ARE going to the meeting. ("us" is plural) For the same reason, the following is plural: "None of us ARE going to the meeting." ("us" is plural) (If you change "us" to "we", it may be easier to hear, although I hear it loud and clear with "us": like nails on a chalkboard!)
Bonjour,
I like to retake tests at lower levels often (A0, A1) in order to practice those lessons while I continue to advance/learn at higher levels (A2). My studyplan won't revert to A2 lessons after testing at lower levels. How do I reprogram it to suggest new grammar lessons after I've been practicing old material?
Merci, Alec
In the quiz question
Mon frère, ________ la femme est prof, est architecte.
I originally put 'dont', then second-guessed myself and wrote 'de qui'. I was marked wrong. But in the lesson it states that de qui is also correct, just much less common.
So shouldn't it also be accepted as an answer?
While I did use "elle est aussi restée avec moi dimanche" could you use "elle m'est aussi restée dimanche" ?
When do I use "ne...que" and when do I use "ne...plus que"?
could someone explain for me like broken down what is the source of this so my brain can understand lol like ok im sorry this is hard to explain but for example "je" = i, "m'" = iop, "to me", "apelle"= je form of s'apeller. so like, what does each thing, "il," "y," and "a" mean? i think il is 3rd person singular so it works as "it?" and idk about the y and the "a" is 3rd person singular of avoir, "has"?
what are the french 3 componets of the near future
Why so mealy mouthed? Two dogs and a bitch, please.
bonjour!
Alors, je voulais poser un question
"Jpensé si on peux utiliser Nous vous avons les montre "
Du coup, en peux utiliser " Nous leur avons les montre "
Merci en avance
Salut,
For the sentence "et les jeudi et vendredi, j'avais mes cours de danse moderne," my "et" is being red-lined and replaced with the English "and" in blue. Not sure if others are experiencing the same problem. Kinda threw me for a loop. Haha.
Aaron
Some of your examples in this lesson sounded like nails on a chalkboard, so I did some research and would like to point out some needed corrections. (Note: I don't know if the British speak as in your examples, but Americans don't.)
Here is a link discussing whether "none" takes a singular or plural verb which corroborates my viewpoint. I used some of their examples. - https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/none/
The rule is that if the word "none" is referencing a singular thing, then it takes a singular verb. If instead it is referencing plural things, then it takes a plural verb. So the following examples should be corrected.
The girls are going out tonight, but none (of them) ARE taking the train. ("girls" is plural)
None of your dresses FIT me. ("dresses" is plural)
None of his books ARE interesting. ("books" is plural)
Out of all the lies you told, none ARE believable. ("lies" is plural)
None of them ARE interesting. ("them" is plural)
The following is an example of singular "none".
None of the pizza IS left. ("pizza" is singular)
However, none of the pizzas ARE left. ("pizzas" is plural)
Hope that helps.
Note: One of the examples at the link that I provided above is inaccurate. "None of the members ARE going." ("members" is plural, but they treat it as singular which is wrong)
One more: "Out of all of us, none ARE going to the meeting. ("us" is plural) For the same reason, the following is plural: "None of us ARE going to the meeting." ("us" is plural) (If you change "us" to "we", it may be easier to hear, although I hear it loud and clear with "us": like nails on a chalkboard!)
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