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

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I use both.![]()
Offhand, I would say it is none are correct. That seems most likely.
:)
I use both :wink:Originally Posted by tdol
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
Um, that should be
- Not one of the answers is correct.
:wink:
Correctified.Originally Posted by RonBee
With gratitude, as always,
Cas :D
That is quite a good explanation. :DOriginally Posted by Casiopea
Also, I now realize that my "correction" was in error.![]()
Thank you for being so gracious.
:D
No-no. I edited it after you had pointed it out. 'Twas my error. The sentence was incorrect.I now realize that my "correction" was in error.![]()
To err is human, not RonBee. :D
Hmm. What are the implications of that?
Okay.
:D
I use 'are' most of the time, 'is' formally. As Cas pointed out 'none of them' is almost always plural.![]()
so it depends from the context of the sentence, I thought "is",may be is correct and are;)