On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:23:38 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:00:36 -0600, the infamous -MIKE-
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:

None of my bits are tapered.

"None is." said the English teacher. "none = not one"


Really, Larry? You're that guy.
Ok, then..... :-)

My usage was correct. Google it. Here's a hint...

If the noun can be counted, you can use either "is" or "are."
In my useage, bits can be counted.

Nope. That one isn't up for question. I had it beat into my head in
school long ago. But if you Googled it, remember that not quite
_everything_ online is true.





"For example, some, any, none, no, and all can be used as non-count as
well as count..."


Oxford English Grammar, Sidney Greenbaum, Oxford University Press,
1996. p. 192.



Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/