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None of the typical physical properties, such as color, hardness, and 19 Aug 2020, 23:48
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None of the dolphins are . . .
None of the company is . . .
None of the employees are . . .
None of this book is . . .
None of these books are . . . [/color]

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Hi Mike,

Your original post with plural for "None of the typical physical properties" was correct. The guy above just confused you with IS. Please change again to ARE. Thanks.
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Yes, I think it should be "are" here. "Properties" is a countable noun. In fact, the problem itself lists some of them off for us.
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mikemcgarry, mate, I've been following you since day 1. you are absolutely FANTASTIC!! The questions are always high-quality, and don't even get me started on your eloquent answers.
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None of the typical physical properties, such as color, hardness, and 21 Dec 2020, 13:42
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Dear everyone,

Hope this reply finds you well.

I am super confused with the usage of IS. I remember the rule as SANAM Pronoun + OF + Plural => Plural

However, here you used "NONE OF THE typical physical PROPERTIES, ..., of the element Astatine (At) IS"

Can you please clarify this issue.

Many thx in advance!
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None of the typical physical properties, such as color, hardness, and 21 Dec 2020, 21:15
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Dear everyone,

Hope this reply finds you well.

I am super confused with the usage of IS. I remember the rule as SANAM Pronoun + OF + Plural => Plural

However, here you used "NONE OF THE typical physical PROPERTIES, ..., of the element Astatine (At) IS"

Can you please clarify this issue.

Many thx in advance!
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Hi higuyi,

The rule you found is just one way of looking at none. Unfortunately, there is no consensus to be found here, so I ask my students to delay taking a call on none (and try to work with other splits).
1. Some people think that none of + [plural noun] should be considered singular because "none" ~ "no one".
2. Others think it should be plural because "none" ~ "not any".
3. And... some people think both are fine.

So far as I remember, (1) is the "traditional" view, whereas (2) and (3) are more modern ways of using that structure. For what it's worth, I like (3). However, if a question forced us to choose, I would go singular.
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None of the typical physical properties, such as color, hardness, and 21 Dec 2020, 22:00
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Dear everyone,

Hope this reply finds you well.

I am super confused with the usage of IS. I remember the rule as SANAM Pronoun + OF + Plural => Plural

However, here you used "NONE OF THE typical physical PROPERTIES, ..., of the element Astatine (At) IS"

Can you please clarify this issue.

Many thx in advance!
Hi higuyi,

The rule you found is just one way of looking at none. Unfortunately, there is no consensus to be found here, so I ask my students to delay taking a call on none (and try to work with other splits).
1. Some people think that none of + [plural noun] should be considered singular because "none" ~ "no one".
2. Others think it should be plural because "none" ~ "not any".
3. And... some people think both are fine.

So far as I remember, (1) is the "traditional" view, whereas (2) and (3) are more modern ways of using that structure. For what it's worth, I like (3). However, if a question forced us to choose, I would go singular.
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Many thx!
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None of the typical physical properties, such as color, hardness, and melting point, of the element Astatine (At) is known because, due to its high radioactivity, it almost immediate decays into something else.

(A) known because, due to its high radioactivity, it almost immediately decays into something else

(B) known due to the fact that it decays almost immediately into something else because of its high radioactivity

(C) known if, because of its high radioactivity, it almost immediately decays into something else

(D) known: because of its high radioactivity, it almost immediately decays into something else

(E) known: due to its high radioactivity, it almost immediately decays into something else


The answer is very simple if we can apply usage of

due to--when the effect is a noun
because/because of-- when the effect is a verb

here effect is---it almost immediately decays into something else which is a 'verb', hence it is clear that we need to use 'because'. Now A, B & C are out due to obvious reasons of awkwardness, lengthy etc. Left are only D & E out of which 'because' is used in option D only. Hence our answer should be D.
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