Sentence Correction

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

OA after some discussion

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

OA after some discussion

IMO A. I feel 'no one' is better than 'none' when it refers to perons

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

OA after some discussion

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