The theme „$50,400 of the fees the company earned from you during this period are due to lobbying revenues” is $50,400. Sums of money are generally considered singular, so the verb would be „is”. However, you can`t start a sentence with numbers, so you`ll have to rephrase the sentence or spell $50,400. Thank you for the refresher course on „none are/none are”. While none refers to a plural noun such as workers, crimes, or windows, a plural verb is usually used: „Identify subjects” and „statements” are dead, and a „derailed train” is also SO true. Even superficially professional journalists spoil all these days. And I agree with Millie, Jonathan: Youths is right; It`s disappointing to see and hear how many people give up when it`s appropriate. I`ve used „none” as a singular for too long and it`s embarrassing. But as long as the AP-style guide and other guides want to stick to it, it`s hard to fight.

Some television journalists use it religiously as a singular, and no one grimaces. So what needs to be done? I see so many young people and adults who cannot identify the themes of their own statements. I find that the train derails from that point. Individual subjects connect with „or”, „again”, „either.. or” or „neither.. nor ” take a singular verb. None replace none. Either of and none of takes the singular verb, why not none takes the singular verb On the other hand, there is an indefinite pronoun, none that can be singular or plural; It often doesn`t matter if you use a singular or plural verb, unless something else in the sentence determines its number. (Writers generally think that none of them mean and choose a plural verb, as in „None of the engines work,” but if something else makes us think of none as not one, we want a singular verb, as in „None of the food is fresh.”) As the post says, if the noun, which is the subject of the prepositional sentence that does not change anything, is singular, it identifies the number of none. The object name cake is singular; it would therefore be necessary the singular verb war. I am constantly negatively audited in my work as a medical transcriber when I change doctors` sentences from „Total 20 minutes have been spent” to „Total 20 minutes have been spent”.

In my opinion, „minutes” is the theme of the sentence, and „consumed” is the predicate. Therefore, the minutes (plural) should be devoted to „were” rather than „war” in the sentence. The word „total” is just an adjective for minutes. Can you comment on that? If the noun is plural (minutes), it is up to the author and the meaning of the sentence to determine whether no one adopts a singular or plural verb. Do you intend to convey the meaning „None of the minutes were lost” or „None of the minutes were wasted”? Interestingly, your boss agreed that you were right, but still exercised the „ego rule.” The AP stylebook does not require „none” to be singular, but allows uses in the singular and plural. As mentioned on our website in the note under Rule 6 of the Subject-Verb Agreement: „If you feel like a singular in its context, use a singular verb, if it appears as a plural, use a plural verb.” Not so fast. No one can accept a singular or plural verb. What for?! „None” is singular and the verb must correspond to it.

Portion words are tricky. They are not singular or plural in themselves and, therefore, most people have a hard time deciding whether to use a singular or plural verb. Referencing the object of the preposition provides a useful clue as to the use of a singular or plural verb. Broken expressions such as half of, part of, a percentage of, a majority of are sometimes singular and sometimes plural, depending on the meaning. (The same is true, of course, when all, all, all, more, most and some act as subjects.) Sums and products of mathematical processes are expressed in the singular and require singular verbs. The phrase „more than one” (oddly enough) takes on a singular verb: „More than one student has tried this.” We agree with that. Since there is an implicit direct object in the plural of the verb produced, let`s say it is coins, the sentence would be „The United States Mint produced 4,000 [coins] in 1814, while none were produced in 1815.” The clause that none was made referred to coins. A relative pronoun („who”, „who” or „that”) used as the subject of an adjective theorem adopts a singular or plural verb to correspond to its predecessor.

The word is neither a perfect substitute for any. Neither means „not one of the two; not one or the other. The word no one can have the meaning of „not at a given time” and is not limited to the choice of „one or the other”. That`s why we say, „The word none is versatile.” If no one wants to say „not one” and one is singular, then logic dictates that no one is singular. Zero person „is” One person „is” We treat zero as a plural throughout English, no native speaker would choose to say „zero person” I think this question is a point where the difference between the American and British versions of English has polluted the water. The British use a plural verb, with each noun meaning a plural unit. For example: team, committee and class are all words that Americans consider singular (a team), while the British consider a team as a team composed of many players and therefore as a plural word. We write „the team played at home” while they write: „The team played at home”.

Their arguments for not using one with a plural verb when referring to a plural entity look exactly like this logic of „the team was…” This sounds strange to many American ears, but it`s considered quite correct in some English-speaking places. I tend to agree with most of what Jane says. However, there is a problem with the example of „fraction” which is probably due to the fact that „a fraction of the cost” seems grammatically incorrect at first glance. You wouldn`t be referring to a fraction of a bunch of things („a fraction of the cost,” which is like a fraction of people or a fraction of motor vehicles). We would use „fraction” in reference to a singular entity. Therefore, it would be more correct to say „a fraction of the cost”. Once this grammatical inconsistency is resolved, you can apply the word „none” in its singular sense: „A fraction of the cost was . etc.” Don`t be confused by prepositional sentences that lie between a subject and its verb. They do not change the number of the subject. The names of sports teams that do not end in „s” will take a plural verb: the Miami Heat has watched, the Connecticut Sun hopes that new talent. For help with this issue, see plurals. Which word has priority in determining verb matching if you have both a „portion word” and a dollar amount? Does the adverb change „approximately” $50 to alert him to a coin? Use a plural verb without if what it refers to is more than one of what is displayed: pronouns are neither and both are singular and require singular verbs, although in some sense they seem to refer to two things.

At its most basic level, no one means „not one (of something)”. It comes from the Old English n?n, which is equivalent to ne („not”) and „n” („one”). None can be an adverb that states „to no extent, in any way, not at all”, e.B. Wasn`t he smarter according to my explanation. But it is most often used as a pronominal meaning: if your sentence is composed of a positive subject and a negative subject and is a plural, the other singular, the verb must correspond to the positive subject. We are singular and therefore take a singular verb, e.B. There`s only one slice of pizza left or you`re smart to share. So no one should be singular? Observe the subject-verb correspondence in your sentences though. The word none can be singular or plural.

Both uses are now standard. No living English scholar believes otherwise. The language needed a word for „not just anything.” Words evolve. Sometimes nouns take strange forms and can make us think that they are plural if they are really singular and vice versa. See the section on plural forms of names and the section on collective names for additional help. Words such as glasses, pants, pliers, and scissors are considered plural (and require plural verbs) unless they precede the pair of sentences of (in which case, the pair of words becomes the subject). Sometimes modifiers get stuck between a subject and its verb, but these modifiers should not confuse the correspondence between the subject and its verb. Warning: phrases like „in addition to,” „like,” and „with” don`t mean the same as „and.” When inserted between the subject and the verb, these sentences do not change the subject number. [Note: This is where the prepositional sentence affects the subject.

It tells you whether you are talking about a part of a thing (singular) or a set of things (plural).] For me, „No” is the same as zero, for example the phrase „The United States. Mint produced 4,000 in 1814, while none were made in 1815 – that just doesn`t seem right to me. Shouldn`t it be „No WERE made?” I think „No” suggests the plural in this case, right? Since a phrase like „Neither my brothers nor my father will sell the house” sounds strange, it`s probably a good idea to bring the plural subject closer to the verb whenever possible. I needed a quick response to „no one was/was” and came across your blog. Not only did I get the right answer, but you also gave me the purpose/rule behind it, so now I`m going to know how to choose between what/was in the future.. .