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Religious beliefs - Quite confusing

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by pesfunk » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:58 pm
Religious beliefs of Thomas Hardy are debatable but, but no one can dispute his compelling literary genius exemplified by far from the madding crowd or Tess of the d'ubervilles.

A. but no one can dispute his compelling literary genius
B. but none can dispute his compelling literary genius
C. but not a one can dispute his compelling literary genius
D. but no person can dispute his compelling literary genius
E. but none can dispute to his compelling literary genius

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by Phirozz » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:10 pm
pesfunk wrote:Religious beliefs of Thomas Hardy are debatable but, but no one can dispute his compelling literary genius exemplified by far from the madding crowd or Tess of the d'ubervilles.

A. but no one can dispute his compelling literary genius
B. but none can dispute his compelling literary genius
C. but not a one can dispute his compelling literary genius
D. but no person can dispute his compelling literary genius
E. but none can dispute to his compelling literary genius

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IMO A. I feel 'no one' is better than 'none' when it refers to perons
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:25 pm
pesfunk wrote:Religious beliefs of Thomas Hardy are debatable but, but no one can dispute his compelling literary genius exemplified by far from the madding crowd or Tess of the d'ubervilles.

A. but no one can dispute his compelling literary genius
B. but none can dispute his compelling literary genius
C. but not a one can dispute his compelling literary genius
D. but no person can dispute his compelling literary genius
E. but none can dispute to his compelling literary genius

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Well , a question with two but's ... experts quoted at BTG that this is not GMAT like question .

Some concepts that might add to knowledge bank :-

When 'none' and 'no one' are not followed by 'of', they mean 'nobody' .
The differences are:-
(1) 'none' is more formal than 'no one' or 'nobody', (2) 'none' is usually treated as a plural noun, while 'no one' is always a singular noun
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