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None of the terrorists who were seen in Libya in June have been connected to the latest bomb theat

a) terrorists who were seen in Libya in June have
b) terrorists, who were seen in Libya in June have
c) terrorists who were seen in Libya in June has
d) terrorists, who was seen in ibya in June, have
e) terrorists, who were seen in Libya in June


what is ur choice?



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This question is driving me mad. :evil:
After some thought, I have decided to go for B.

Is None a singular or a plural.? Please correct me here.
I had the following reasoning for selecting the answer.

If I had to treat 'None' as singular,sentence should have been
None of the terrorists who was seen in Libya in June has been connected to the latest bomb theat I did not find that choice. So, I went for B.

None of the terrorists who were seen in Libya in June have been connected to the latest bomb theat.

I hope Iam correct. :oops:
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I would go with C. Not too difficult if you know the rule. I'll try to explain if I'm right. Hope I am though :oops: Also, I think choice E should have ended with "has". C would still be prefered.
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Hello, I also did this one wrong....

the reasons are:

None: it is a singular subject, as: everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, nothing, each, either, neither, something.
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the terrorist WERE seen , and none has been connected to the latest bomb theat.

I hope that clarifies your doubt.
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Hello, I also did this one wrong....

the reasons are:

None: it is a singular subject, as: everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, nothing, each, either, neither, something.
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IMHO
NONE is not everytime singular. Wren and Martin grammar writes following for NONE:

None is constructed in the singular or plural as the sense may require, as:

Did you buy any mangoes ? there were none in the market.
None of these words are now current.

Though i do not know how ETS treat NONE - singular / plural ? Can someone cite any ETS example ? thanks

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C it is .

check this link "Who", "Which" "That"
https://www.aliscot.com/bigdog/agreement_sv.htm

Who refers to terrorists hence the verb is are

verb "has" refers to None
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This link will explain why C is better.
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8925
Also, Dharmin gave a good explanation with "none" which is always singular when preceding a prepositional phrase.
ie none of my shoes fits my feet
ie none of the students believes in it
The blue portions are prepositional phrases. "Remove" them and you will see how the singular tense fits the bill...
none fits my feet
none believes in it
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I went with A initially, but this is a great question. It tricks you into picking a verb construction that is parallel.
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I think this discussion will be relevance - pronouns like NONE are elaborated.

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=9886.

With this we have Terrorists as Plura - so 'WERE' is right. 'Bomb threat' singular and 'HAS' is right.

So, C.



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