None vs No_one - What's the difference?
None | no_one | Synonyms |
Not any (one) (of) a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.
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* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, page 253:
Not any person: no one, nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord).
(archaic, outside, Scotland) Not any; no.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Matthew XXV:
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 138:
(senseid) To no extent, in no way.
Not at all.
(obsolete) No, not.
* c. 1390 , Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Shipman's Tale", Canterbury Tales :
Not one person, nobody.
*1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
*:"The doctor was confined to the house," Poole said, "and saw no one ." On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused; and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits."
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 The logical negation of someone.
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None is a synonym of no_one.
As a noun None
is an interval of 13 (kleine none'') or 14 (''große none ) half-tones.As a pronoun no_one is
not one person, nobody.None
English
Alternative forms
* nonPronoun
(English Pronouns)- Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
Usage notes
Although uncountable nouns require none'' to be conjugated with a singular verb, ''e.g.'', ''None of this meat tastes right'', the pronoun can be either singular or plural in most other cases, ''e.g.'', ''Fifty people applied for the position, but none were accepted.'', and ''None was qualified . However, where the given or implied context is clearly singular or plural, then a matching verb makes better sense: : None of these men is my father. : None of those options is the best one. : None of these people are my parents.Antonyms
* some * allDerived terms
* half a loaf is better than noneDeterminer
(en determiner)- the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
- None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.
External links
* * (wikipedia "none")Adverb
(-)- I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
- He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
- Now don't you worry none .
- And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon .
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*no_one
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Alternative forms
* no-one; noone;Pronoun
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