D. NO, NONE 41. NO is an adjective: [message] No = Not + a/ any Ex: I've got no time./ No tourists came to Vung Tau that day. ...
D. NO, NONE
41. NO is an adjective:
41. NO is an adjective:
- [message]
- No = Not + a/ any
- Ex: I've got no time./ No tourists came to Vung Tau that day.
42. NONE is a pronoun:
- [message]
- None = Not + one/ any + of
- Ex: I liked none of that music./ None of those buses go to Vung Tau.
43. NEITHER means NOT 1 among 2; NONE means NOT 1 among more than 2. These words can take singular or plural verbs. Plural verbs are used in informal English.
Ex: None of her relations is/ are interested in music.
Neither of her parents is/ are interested in sports.
E. SOME/ ANY/ NO + ONE/ BODY/ THING
44. Compound words with SOME, ANY, NO will take the rules above:
Ex: Nobody tells me anything.
Soneone/ Somebody wants to speak to you on the phone.
Would anyone/ anybody like a drink?
45. In informal (colloquial) English, pronouns and possessive adjectives will take the plural form with SOMEONE, SOMEBODY, ANYONE, ANYBODY, NO ONE, NOBODY, EVERYONE, EVERYBODY.
Ex: Has anyone left their luggage on the train?
No one saw Tom go out, did they?
46. We use IT with SOMETHING, ANYTHING, NOTHING
Ex: Something went wrong, didn't it?
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