None

[Tdol]

I use both.

[RonBee]

Offhand, I would say it is none are correct. That seems most likely.

:)

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by tdol

I use both.

I use both :wink:

Subject-Verb Agreement

:D None of the answers are correct. (none = not any)
:D The answers are incorrect.

Compare singular:

:D The answer is incorrect.
:( None of the answer is correct.

The verb 'is' is fine. It's 'the answer' that's the problem.

"none" requires a plural object (i.e. 'answers'):

:D None of the answers ....


Note, however, none can also mean, "not one (item)", as in

:D None of the food is fresh. (not one (item))
:D Not one item of food is fresh.

When 'none of X' refers to 'not one (item)', the verb is singular.

Consider now:

:D None of the answers is correct.
:D Not one of the answers is correct.

:D None of the answers are correct.
:D Not any of the answers are correct.


Cas :D

[RonBee]

Um, that should be

• Not one of the answers is correct.

:wink:

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by RonBee

Um, that should be

• Not one of the answers is correct.

:wink:

Correctified.

With gratitude, as always,

Cas :D

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

I use both :wink:

Subject-Verb Agreement

:D None of the answers are correct. (none = not any)
:D The answers are incorrect.

Compare singular:

:D The answer is incorrect.
:( None of the answer is correct.

The verb 'is' is fine. It's 'the answer' that's the problem.

"none" requires a plural object (i.e. 'answers'):

:D None of the answers ....


Note, however, none can also mean, "not one (item)", as in

:D None of the food is fresh. (not one (item))
:D Not one item of food is fresh.

When 'none of X' refers to 'not one (item)', the verb is singular.

Consider now:

:D None of the answers is correct.
:D Not one of the answers is correct.

:D None of the answers are correct.
:D Not any of the answers are correct.


Cas :D

That is quite a good explanation. :D

Also, I now realize that my "correction" was in error.

Thank you for being so gracious.

:D

[Casiopea]

I now realize that my "correction" was in error.

No-no. I edited it after you had pointed it out. 'Twas my error. The sentence was incorrect.

To err is human, not RonBee. :D

Hmm. What are the implications of that?

[RonBee]

Okay.

:D

[Tdol]

I use 'are' most of the time, 'is' formally. As Cas pointed out 'none of them' is almost always plural.

[Isra]

so it depends from the context of the sentence, I thought "is",may be is correct and are;)