From: James Harkins < jamshark70@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-grep, and problems
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:42:23 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20131014T163452-970@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 228E2892-5CCF-4310-A503-31907B7B8504@gmail.com
R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt <at> gmail.com> <michael.weylandt <at>
gmail.com> writes:
> On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:50, François Pinard <pinard <at> 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 the latter clause is incorrect usage. The verb's subject is
"none," not "bosses"; since the subject is singular, the verb form should be
singular as well. It "feels wrong" to have a singular verb immediately after a
plural noun, but that noun properly belongs to the preposition, not the verb.
I'm voting for "none of the bosses is going to attend."
hjh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-14 14:42 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
2013-10-14 14:42 ` James Harkins [this message]
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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