Quick question
"none of which is more deserving" or "none of which are more deserving"?
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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Daisy Jane - Jun 26, 2007 7:55:03 am PDT #4793 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Dana - Jun 26, 2007 7:56:30 am PDT #4794 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
"is". None is singular.
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2007 7:56:50 am PDT #4795 of 10001
hwæt
are
shrift - Jun 26, 2007 7:57:44 am PDT #4796 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Looks like there are some storms in southern IL that might hit us in a few hours
Faster, little storm, faster! Mush mush!
Daisy Jane - Jun 26, 2007 7:58:50 am PDT #4797 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Eeek! Conflicting answers. I was thinking "is" but it's sounding strange to me.
Dana - Jun 26, 2007 7:59:14 am PDT #4798 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
"none of which is more deserving" or "none of which are more deserving"?
Okay, from googling, it appears the internet disagrees about whether none is singular or plural. What's the full context of the sentence?
shrift - Jun 26, 2007 8:00:26 am PDT #4799 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Did LJ just go down on anyone else, and not in the fun way?
ETA: Never mind, it seems to have recovered.
Daisy Jane - Jun 26, 2007 8:02:10 am PDT #4800 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I want to commend [your company] for making these kinds of capacity building grants available to deserving organizations, none of which is more deserving than [my company].
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2007 8:02:26 am PDT #4801 of 10001
hwæt
I'm changing my answer to "is". And "which" is the subject, not "none".
Dana - Jun 26, 2007 8:03:24 am PDT #4802 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Okay, so the "none" is referring to a singular object, "my company". So I still vote singular.
The common example I'm finding is: "None of the cake was left" vs. "None of the cookies were left."