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by sairakesh » Sun May 31, 2009 7:40 pm
As of this morning, none of my friends have been able to solve the puzzle contained in last week's newspaper.
a.none of my friends have been able to solve
b.none of my friends was able to solve
c.not one of my friends has yet been able to solve
d.none of my friends has been able to solve
e.nobody among my friends have solved
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by cramya » Sun May 31, 2009 8:39 pm
SANAM pronouns(some,any,none,all,more most)-> Look if the subject in the prepositional phrase is singular/plural to determine if the verb is singular or plural

of my friends(plural subject) so have been

My pick is A


Eg: Some of the money has been stolen.
Some of my dogs have been straying.


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