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Ahem :)
"None" can be both singular and plural, depending on its context.

1. Singular: When "none" refers to "not one" or "not any," it is treated as singular. For example: "None of the cake was left." In this sentence, "none" refers to the absence of any cake, so it's singular.

2. Plural: When "none" is used to mean "not any" but in a plural sense, it can be treated as plural. For example: "None of the students were absent." Here, "none" refers to the absence of any students, and it is treated as plural because it's referring to multiple students.

So, whether "none" is singular or plural depends on the context of the sentence.
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 6:13, archived)
None singluar
Would be correct if you said "None of the cake is left"
But when speaking about a NUMBER of things (like I did) then it's plural.
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 6:31, archived)
"None"
1. The amount of people reading any of this
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 6:39, archived)
The "number" of people not the amount of people.

(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 6:44, archived)
Can having be an amount?
As in: 'I've had it up to here amount' or 'I think he's had amount enough'?

Or are we dancer of some bollocks
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 6:59, archived)
Sorry

(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 7:03, archived)
Ah sorry I forgot you’re an English teacher
and definitely not a /talk regular pretending to be Bou
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 7:02, archived)
it could be anyone.
it could be you.
or me.
fuck.
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 7:03, archived)
It’s baldmonkey. It’s always baldmonkey.

(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 7:04, archived)
+c
number description
people reading any of this spanishfly
(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 7:34, archived)
good chat.

(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 6:53, archived)
How can absence ever be plural? If there's nothing there, how does it make any sense to say, several of them are not there. Instead we say NOT ONE of them is there. YES IT IS IT'S TRUE

(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 13:08, archived)
So upset right now

(, Wed 4 Oct 2023, 13:08, archived)