Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - books/plural

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - books/plural

Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - livres/books is plural
Asked 6 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Dragana,

Indeed as Chris says the verb agrees with 'aucun' and not 'livres' ...

Hope this helps!

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Dragana,

Aucun is singular and functions as the subject of the sentence, hence the verb needs to match the singular and therefore it is "est" and not "sont".

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - books/plural

Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - livres/books is plural

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