none
part of speech
pronoun (none); adverb (none — in «none the worse»)
meaning for a pupil
1) None means not one, or not any. If none are left, zero are left. tree →
2) «None of» a group means not a single one of them. tree →
3) «None of your business» is a rude way to say «that is not for you to know». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: zero of something after it was shared, eaten or sold; «none left», «none of them». In everyday life: answering how many («How many sweets are left? None.»). In science: «none of the seeds grew» is a result to record. In stories: «second to none» means the very best.
examples
- None of the apples were rotten. tree →
- He gave away all his cards, so he has none. tree →
- None of the boys wore hats. tree →
- How many cookies are left? None! tree →
- None of the seeds grew in the dark cupboard. tree →
- I looked for my shoe, but there was none under the bed. tree →
- Her baking is second to none. tree →
- None of my friends were at the park. tree →
- None of us has any pockets.” tree →
note
Means 0. «None left» shows that all were used up. Trap: «none of them were red» means all of them are another colour. Both «none of them is» and «none of them are» are used. Homophone: nun (a woman in a religious order). «None» is a pronoun; before a noun use «no»: «no apples», «none of the apples».
In the corpora
- None of this means the family is in trouble.
- None of this makes them bad parents; it makes them people.
- Families help in different ways, and none of them is wrong.
- Above them are «royal sources», newspaper columns and online guesses — some right, many wrong, none of them checkable.
- Famous people still buy chocolate, rewear dresses and get haircuts; none of that is a scandal.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «none» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.