On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:39:56 -0600, the infamous Steve Turner
scrawled the following:

Tom Watson wrote:
"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.

Speaking of "count" vs. "non-count", why is it that before I start attacking a
pile of lumber I have fewer boards and less sawdust, but as I cut them up I
have more boards and more sawdust?

Sidney could have told you that, but he's mistaken on "none are",
AFAIC. I don't cotton to "shiney", either. I learned it as "shiny"
and that's how it's spelled, period.

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