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| Autor: | Dale/CR |
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| Data: | 06/ABR/2007 10:42 PM |
| Assunto: | Neither of them x none of them |
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I really blew it with "none". It can be plural or singular, but in my examples none is most definitely plural.
I cannot think of "neither" as refering to more than two things or people. "Bob, John, and Mary want to go to Alaska. Neither has the money to go." No way. None? Sure. Neither? No way. "Bob and John want to go to Alaska. Neither has the money to go." Sure. No problem.
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Neither of them – Lilia Brik 05/ABR/2007, 2:56 PM Neither of them comes here, if ever – Márcio Farias 
05/ABR/2007, 4:01 PM Neither of them comes here, if ever – Dale/CR 06/ABR/2007, 1:15 AM Neither of them x none of them – Márcio Farias 06/ABR/2007, 2:52 PM 
Neither of them x none of them – Dale/CR 06/ABR/2007, 10:42 PM Neither of them x none of them – Márcio Farias 07/ABR/2007, 12:33 AM Neither of them x none of them – Lilia Brik 10/ABR/2007, 10:46 AM Neither of them x none of them – Dale/CR 14/ABR/2007, 4:27 PM