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None, Plural
Think ‘Not Any’
By Evan Jenkins
A visitor to the Web site noted that the item “Police (The)” said at one point, “It’s a good bet none of us in journalism do,” and asked, “Does not ‘none’ require ‘does’ “? More often than not, it doesn’t. The word is sometimes used to mean “no one” or “not one,” and those are precise ways to say it if we’re emphasizing the singular nature of something. But “none” can also denote “not any” and other plural ideas. Its use as a plural is ancient and unassailable.
CJR
