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Although the company’s founders certainly hoped that incorporating would increase their profit margin,  no one, not even the founders, didn’t expect  that the value of the stock would appreciate so quickly.

(A) no one, not even the founders, didn’t expect
(B) no one, not even the founders, expected
(C) nobody, not even the founders, expected
(D) nobody, not even the founders, didn’t expect
(E) no one, even the founders, expected

tarek99 · Answer

I think it's B, however, the issue of choosing either "no one" or "no body" confused me. "no one" sounded right to me, but i don't know the technical difference between the 2. would anyone explain the difference?

Amardeep Sharma · Answer

I will go with B... no one should be used instead of nobody..

for e.g. "no one of us know about it", and in this case no one among the founders...

as everybody of us know about it is wrong, the use of nobody in this case is wrong. so the proper use is no one.

Amar

GMAT TIGER · Answer

B. "no one" better than nobody.

no one didn't is double -ve.

Amardeep Sharma · Answer

Well, I am getting confused now on the usage of nobody and no one.

As far as I know both no one and nobody are used for singular, while none is used for plural. Also no one should only be used if its followed by of...

nobody of is always wrong, and here we can use no one of....

In the sentence above none of the options have "of" in it, so by this logic, shouldnt we choose C instead of B?

Views pls

Amar

Beyond700 · Answer

'A' - double -ve - incorrect
  'B' - seems ok to me  
'C' -    nobody    - pronoun, cannot be standalone. It is neither conjunction nor adjective..
'D' - similar to 'A' & 'C' 
'E' -  'no one, even the founders'  - bad phrasing

Here   no one   - is a clause and   no   an adjective

no one, nobody, none & no-one - they are different..

ankurgupta03 · Answer

Can somebody let me know the difference between no one and nobody?

plumber250 · Answer

Hi,

There is no significant gramatical difference. If you see this on the GMAT it will NOT be this that is tested.

ankurgupta03 · Answer

By that i can assume that the above or a similar question can never appear in GMAT, where make or break will be between nobody and no one?

plumber250 · Answer

Yes.

This is a 'decoy' - so you spend your time fretting about which one of the 2 to use, but actually the error is elsewhere.

no one said it was easy...

ankurgupta03 · Answer

Hahaha ... Can be nobody said it was easy

And i henceforth consider that this question is wrong Thanks

nitin6305 · Answer

Although the company’s founders certainly hoped that incorporating would increase their profit margin,  no one, not even the founders, didn’t expect  that the value of the stock would appreciate so quickly. 
A)no one, not even the founders, didn’t expect
B)no one, not even the founders, expected
C)nobody, not even the founders, expected
D)nobody, not even the founders, didn’t expect
E)no one, even the founders, expected

Can someone please help me with the option C here?

amitbharadwaj7 · Answer

Thanks for the question. I did some research in the internet and found that there is no difference between the two, untill I looked up in Oxford Dictionary. It says that Nobody find its use more in verbal communication, whereas No one find its use more in written communication. Hence the answer should be B and option C can be ignored.

I hope you may find it useful. Just check the attachment too.

sleepynut · Answer

For those who might scratch your head asking for the difference between "no one" and "nobody",here you go..
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... 16392.html

So safely ignore this question. :evil:

lostnumber · Answer

I got this right based on the logic that between two equally appealing answers, its generally better to go with the one that changes the least from the original sentence, as by definition that will preserve the most of the original meaning.

But I agree with others that this question is flawed and that C would also be an acceptable answer

But I agree with others that this question is flawed and that C would also be an acceptable answer

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