Paolo Bonzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd appreciate a word from native English speakers. Squeak has > #noneSatisfy: but the correct one from the grammar POV seems > #noneSatisfies: to me.
My girlfriend's father insists that "none" should always be singular. His reason is that it stands for "not one". Recently, somewhere on the web, a grammar article seemed to say that "none" could stand for "not any" as well as "not one"; thus singular or plural is correct. I don't see how that helps. Throughout my life, I have tended to treat "none" as plural. "None dare call it treason". "None of the rabbits are eating well." Etc. So, intellectually, I tend to agree that it should be singular and also that either singular or plural is acceptable. Still, the plural usage falls more naturally upon my ear (even if it shouldn't?). -- Frank _______________________________________________ help-smalltalk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-smalltalk
