None of the 14 firms are going to be sold by the government.  is going no improvement. I think option 2 is correct but in the answer key it is option 1. Now, I am confused with the use of none of the
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I was asked if the following sentences will create problems and what are the assumptions I have to make:  (d) There are grammarians in the room but none of them is an American. (e) There are grammarians in the room but none of them are Americans.  What is the problem in both sentences? They clearly have two main clauses which are connected by the coordinated conjunction 'but'. I know that grammar-wise, the 'is/are' don't really matter since both can be used with 'none', but would the tense in the first main clause 'are' affect the use of 'none'?
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I would like to make sure I understood the usage of these:  Do you want A or B?        I do not want either. [none of them]     I want neither. [Can I say that?]
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The study was carried out up to visit 11 under the name of X1,   whereas all later visits were carried out under a different name,   X2.   In the above sentence, does V11 belong to X1 or X2? I want the sentence to mean that V11 was included in X1, how should the sentence be then?
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Given two options, we can use 'either and 'neither' to show no preference.  Do you want to watch A or B Neither, I don't like either.  The only option I can see for more than two options is: 'any' and 'none'  Do you want to watch A, B, C ... ? None, I don't like any.  Actual Question: Is there, or has there ever been a word to show no preference for 3 options?  More Information Sometimes we have an extra, sometimes uncommon, option for a 3-type question. This question is searching for a similar option for &quot;either&quot;  How many times have you eaten sushi? Thrice    What is your phone number? Oh, seven, double five, treble zero    9 is triple 3
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How can you explain that this double negation is not a double negation? Is there a rule in English about this kind of sentence?  PS / Do I have to mention Pink Floyd Copyright ? :-)  Edit : Since there are a lot of Pink Floyd related explanation, I'll bring a Freddy Mercury one : "I don't have time for no monkey business", which I also understand as "I don't have time for monkey business". Am I right ?
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Should you put an “a” here in the blank after such?     Alpha is supposed to warrant the connection between Beta and Gamma. But ____ connection seems to be already warranted.    Which one is correct instead of ____, such or such a?
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Which one is correct? Leaning towards first one but I am unsure because a more basic version would be "How good is it?"
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Looking please for any help! John emailed 128 people to invite them to the restaurant's inauguration party. He asked these guests to send the email to 5 others in exchange for participation in a lottery where a free meal for two is won. Based on the assumptions made below, how many of those who received the email are expected to come to the party? Assumptions •half of the 128 people emailed the other 5. •1/4 of these sent the email to 5 others. •1/8 of these sent the email to 5 others •1/16 of these sent the email to 5 others. • No one received the email more than once. • 10% of those who received the email will go to the party. My attempt was the following: 128: 2= 64    64+5=69 128:4= 32      32+5=37 128: 8= 16    16+5=21 128:16= 8      8+5=13 10% of 140= 14 person 14 person will go to the restaurant’s inauguration party.
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Here is the sentence from the test     Without the Sun there _____________ no light, no heat, no energy of any kind.   a) will be   b) would be   c) will   The answer is obviously "b" because it is second conditional. However in another sentence     Oxygen is an element of greatest importance to the Earth as all living things __________ without it.   a) would die   b) will die   c) will be dying   the correct answer is "b" and not "a". I don't understand why, because both sentences are constructed similarly, even the "without" preposition appears in both of them.
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Question: Is the first one redundant and proper, or is it redundant and not necessarily correct?  (1) He is a friend of Doug's. (2) He is a friend of Doug.
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This is from a multiple choice question with 4 options, but I narrowed it down to 2:     Select the best version of the following sentence:    (there is really no sentence after this, just the answer choices)         a) Each of the conference rooms has a computer display.   d) Each of the conference rooms have computer displays.      In my eyes these choices are both perfectly fine, I can't see anything wrong with either of them.
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Let us assume there is a listed company x. Currently it has 100 shares issued to trade in free float market. Current price of stock is let say 10. Now please let me know if I purchase one share of company x at the market price of 10. How it will effect the stock price. And please add and exemplify some other scenarios whichever you find good to explain more. For more information let say promoters of the company holds 100 shares with them like 50% of the company is with promoters and the other half is with people who invest or trade in that company. If I've missed to tell or assume any other vital info. needed please assume it yourself while mentioning it. Thank You
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All those pipelines you monitored yesterday I need their report in my office today.   Is the above sentence correct? I am concerned about "their" in the second clause, which refers back to the pipelines.
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When discussing a treaty or international agreement, which is correct?  "There are 100 states party to the treaty." (for example, as used )  Or:  "There are 100 state parties to the treaty." (for example, as used )   Or: "There are 100 states parties to the treaty."  (for example, as used )
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Is only one of them correct? Are they used in different situations? Or are they interchangeable?
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Do native speakers of English use verbs in the plural form when speaking about one company? I've come across such use by supposed natives.   Don't you think that it is ungrammatical to use verbs in plural,mentioning one company? Maybe when you speak about one company you imply that it is a team or staff or a group of thousands people working in one place.     Fujitsu send newsletter to all subscribers once a month.    I've made up the above example. It is not a quote.
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Which answer is correct?       Tony _______to have children until his little daughter was born. After   she won his heart, he decided he wanted a big family.       A. didn't want.   B. hadn't wanted.   This is a multiple choice question from the Understanding and Using English Grammar Workbook 3rd edition by Betty Azar. To me, both answers are correct as I cannot see the diffrence. Please show me the wrong option to delete.