Louis Cruise Lines spokesman Michalis Martheftis said none

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Louis Cruise Lines spokesman Michalis Martheftis said  none of the people on board was in danger. 

1. none of the people on board was in danger .
2. none of the people on board were in danger.
3. no one of the people on board was in danger.
4. no one of the people on board were in danger.
5. no of the people on board was in danger.


Help with the appropriate answer

vineetgupta · Answer

B because people is plural and were agrees with it.

No one in C seems awkward.

surbab · Answer

The answer is a as none is singular.

What is OA pls.

forgmat · Answer

surbab

I thought of option 2 as well. 
people is plural and none here refers to many individual persons
So B is the best answer

wudy · Answer

B. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" title="Rolling Eyes" />

goalsnr · Answer

None of the people were - sounds corrects

But isn't "people" a collective noun and hence will take a singular verb "was"??
Please help!!

dwivedys · Answer

The verb must agree with its subject. None is singular. Hence was is appropriate. A is the right answer.

If you still have problems - read the sentence this way 

  Of the people on board, None WAS in danger.  

Reverting the above to the original sentence

  None of the people on board was in danger.

hellofriends · Answer

It should be "A".People is a collective noun ..considered Singular..

wudy · Answer

From "The American HeritageÂ® Dictionary of the English Language"--

It is widely asserted that none is equivalent to no one, and hence requires a singular verb and singular pronoun: None of the prisoners was given his soup. It is true that none is etymologically derived from the Old English word n, â€œone,â€

querio · Answer

I go for B.

"none" of   +   
"people" is a PLURAL noun, therefore it requires a plural verb -> people were in danger

abhinava · Answer

I will change my answer to B. "None" can be singular or plural depending on the context of the sentence. Here "People" is plural , so we need to use "were" instead of "was".

Louis Cruise Lines spokesman Michalis Martheftis said none

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