‘Two rules are at play when it comes to none’: A corpus-based analysis of singular versus plural none
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DOI: 10.1017/s0266078417000554
Abstract: This paper identifies discrepancies between prescriptive grammar rules concerning the number of the indefinite pronoun none and the actual use of this pronoun in modern academic English as shown in the Michigan Corpus of Academic… read more here.
Keywords: play comes; rules play; two rules; corpus ... See more keywords