None of you is right

[shane]

"None of you is right"
"None of you are right"

Are these both acceptable?

This is what I found on Google:

"None of you is right" = 13 results
"None of you are right" = 95 results

What do you think?

 

[RonBee]

Both are acceptable to me, but I'm pretty liberal. :wink:

I usually think of none as singular, so I would probably say the first one.

 

[Red5]

And I, in my BE way, would use the second. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

:wink:

 

[dduck]

Both are acceptable to me, but I'm pretty liberal. :wink:

I usually think of none as singular, so I would probably say the first one.

Interesting background info can be found at: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=none

Iain

 

[RonBee]

Whether none in a sentence should be regarded as either singular or plural depends on context.

 

[shane]

Thanks for your help guys

 

[Tdol]

If it is 'almost none' with a plural noun, then a plural verb is used. ;-)