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From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-grep, and problems
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:29:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131014132921.GD20609@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <228E2892-5CCF-4310-A503-31907B7B8504@gmail.com>

On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 05:43:18PM -0400, R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:50, François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > P.S. What is proper English: "nobody remember" or "nobody remembers"?
> > 
> 
> Remembers. 'Nobody' counts as singular, as does 'no one'. English
> isn't totally consistent on this matter, however, as 'none' takes a
> plural verb.
> 
> No one is brave enough to skip the meeting, even though none of the
> bosses are going to attend.

Actually, I think it is quite consistent.  "Nobody" refers to an
individual, even though the set of possible individuals is infinite;
same goes for "no one".  Where as "none of the ..." refers to the set
collectively.

I think Strunk & White says the same, although I can't quote – I don't
have my copy handy at the moment.

Cheers,

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-14 13:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-10 15:50 org-grep, and problems François Pinard
2013-10-10 16:54 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-10-10 18:59   ` Suvayu Ali
2013-10-11  1:14     ` François Pinard
2013-10-11  7:43       ` Suvayu Ali
2013-10-14 23:50         ` François Pinard
2013-10-15  9:06           ` Suvayu Ali
2013-10-16  1:26             ` François Pinard
2013-10-13 21:43 ` R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>
2013-10-14 13:29   ` Suvayu Ali [this message]
2013-10-14 14:42   ` James Harkins
2013-10-14 18:19     ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2013-10-14 22:17       ` Alan L Tyree
2013-10-15  4:50       ` James Harkins
2013-10-16  1:15         ` François Pinard

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