Re: [PATCH] More pedantry.

From: Jamie Lokier (lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jul 13 2001 - 19:17:52 EST


"None of my fish is edible" and "none of my fish are edible" mean quite
different things in English. Both forms are used.

"None of my tomatoes is fresh" does _not_ sound correct to the fluent
English speaker, however.

Errata are like tomatoes.

:-) from none other than...
-- Jamie
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