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14 Oct 2021, 01:58
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Dear experts,
Doubt 1
below is an option in a famous GMATPrep CR passage, I request you to advise how the word None is used
(C) None of the shipments sent by Comcorp by Truax Construction last week was specially ordered.
its clear here that the Subject is None and Verb - Was
And since its an official question, I presume it should be correct, unless someone made a typing mistake.
I have learnt from a prep company that when we use None, we assign singular or plural verb based on the item in the context(singular or plural). however, here we have shipments but still a singluar "was".
Doubt 2 :
Usage of each - Each is always singular, right? Eg : Each of the boys in the class has secured more than 75%.
Thanks a lot for answering.
Doubt 1
below is an option in a famous GMATPrep CR passage, I request you to advise how the word None is used
(C) None of the shipments sent by Comcorp by Truax Construction last week was specially ordered.
its clear here that the Subject is None and Verb - Was
And since its an official question, I presume it should be correct, unless someone made a typing mistake.
I have learnt from a prep company that when we use None, we assign singular or plural verb based on the item in the context(singular or plural). however, here we have shipments but still a singluar "was".
Doubt 2 :
Usage of each - Each is always singular, right? Eg : Each of the boys in the class has secured more than 75%.
Thanks a lot for answering.
14 Oct 2021, 04:56
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GMATaxe001
Well, if this is a CR question, we cannot expect the rigorous standards of GMAT SC to be necessarily applied here.
I am presuming that the set of people who work on SC questions is different from those who work on CR or RC.
Having said that, I haven't seen none getting tested on any official question as yet. I am aware of the following official question that again uses a singular verb for none, but all this is in the non-underlined part.
None of the attempts to specify the causes of crime explains why most of the people exposed to the alleged causes do not commit crimes and, conversely, why so many of those not so exposed do.
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This seems fine.
14 Oct 2021, 05:37
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GMATaxe001
Hi GMATaxe001,
1. 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).
1a. Some people think that none of + [plural noun] should be considered singular because "none" ~ "no one".
1b. Others think it should be plural because "none" ~ "not any".
1c. And... some people think both are fine.
So far as I remember, (1a) is the "traditional" view, whereas (1b) and (1c) are more modern ways of using that structure. For what it's worth, I like (1c). However, if a question forced us to choose, I would go singular.
2. Each can also be used after a plural subject. In such cases, the verb remains plural.
2a. The boys each have a question.
