L00b Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 But why not just "I need to know who has not yet taken the exam"?Because "I need to know who has not yet taken the exam yet"? might be more grammatically correct? (jesting ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel22 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 None of the lines above is acceptable Shouldn't that be 'none of the lines above ARE acceptable'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Shouldn't that be 'none of the lines above ARE acceptable'? No. "None" = "Not one". "One" is singular; so "Not one" is as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Another one is, "You," which can be both singular and plural. But post #1's examples did not feature the word "you", so that's irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Because "I need to know who has not yet taken the exam yet"? might be more grammatically correct? No, because there's nothing wrong with the phrase "not yet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWOL Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I know someone who always says "I haven't got none" and I always reply, "Well where are they", then she says "I told you once I haven't got none" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Now that's taking a doubly negative attitude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Why not just use anybody, instead of anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 But post #1's examples did not feature the word "you", so that's irrelevant. Which is why I said it another one of those grammar things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Which is why I said it another one of those grammar things Make that "it's"! Another one of those error things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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