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johnkim4
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None of the attempts....

by johnkim4 Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:25 am

None of the attempts....

Is this noun phrase plural or singular? And why?
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Re: None of the attempts....

by RonPurewal Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:27 am

johnkim4 Wrote:None of the attempts....

Is this noun phrase plural or singular? And why?


* it can be either.

* this is not tested, and never has been tested, in official problems -- so you shouldn't worry about it.

here's another post about other (closely related) things that have never been tested and therefore aren't worth worrying about:
post48403.html#p48403