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Afam4eva: I think i get it now. From now onwards, i'll stick with Igbo and pidgin English. God punish English

Bottomline from all the google searches I've done, both ''none of them has'' and ''none of them have'' are correct, feel free to use anyone. Sagamite was wrong in trying to correct The Ben.

Afam4eva: I'm really trying to understand what bearing "None" has on the sentence when the bone of contention should be on "posts" and "have/has".

This issue was addressed in that Speedyboi's post, take your time and read it.

The funny thing is that I've seen that Sagamite call Shymexx who did all his schooling in the same England product of a failed education system. Lmao

HumbledbYGrace: its one of the 10 official languages.

''it is'' or ''it's''. We are in correct grammar mode now.

Afam4eva: Yes, it is very wrong. I hear a lot of people say it but that doesn't make it right.

Read speedyboi's post, you might learn one or 2 thing from it.

Afam4eva: I really don't see how the word "None" changes anything. The rule of Has/Have does not change irrespective of any word that's in the sentence.

So ''none of my friends has a car'' is wrong because friends must always go with have right?

Theben: You are getting it wrong. The emphasis is on the 'none' not the noun that precedes the verb.

I don't know why that is so difficult for them to understand, expect the next person to also give us lectures on ''he has'' ''she has'' and ''they have'' as if that is what the discussion is about. Damn!

Afam4eva: I think this link solves it http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/using-have-and-has

Your link actually dealt with basic uses of 'have' and 'has' with examples like: he has a haircut. Is that what we are discussing here? Jeez! This question should also apply to you

Prove that ''none of them'' cannot go with ''has''. Don't even try to post any other thing here, just prove that ''none of them'', ''none of my friends'', ''none of whatever'' cannot go with ''has''.

Tonylyte: gaynaian thing u aint communicating yet. Stop spitting on ya gadjet..,.... Charcoal, dnt u hav good punchlines?

Finish those murrafuckers, I dey your back like haunch back.

Theben: This thread is gone.

because of Petrodolla? Lol

PetroDolla: Another frigging eediotic bastard losing it on NL

You are so utterly stvpid…..

Such a fvcked up lunatic………

It is all gloom and doom in the certified sh1thole

No food, no electricity, no jobs, no roads

An apt description of Ghana

solomon111: Dumb thread.
A criminal cloning govt websites should be given a pat on the back?
I am not surprised.
Perpetration of all kinds of internet fraud is the pecuilar hobby of a certain region in Nigeria.

Simply because he isn't Igbo. The hypocrisy

Theben:
I've always avoided engaging this guys in an argument cos I know it is totally impossible for him to concede defeat.

I don waste time dey argue with mad man. Choi, this mistake will never repeat itself. Oga saga, good night. Please avoid ogogoro when next you intend arguing with intellectuals.

Scun, please don't bother arguing with him. He's a nutcase. Educating him is like pouring water in a basket. Just read his posts and move on.

The guy never accepts defeat, he is ready to repeat the same nonsense all day long. Nairaland's resident clown. Hahaha

Sagamite:

person, it is very "right"!

Product of a failed education system.

Most cretinous of cretins!

Good, now stick to the issue and stop twisting things in the name of trying to appear smart.

Sexily Endowed: It's Have. Have is right in the context of that particular sentence.

Prove that ''none of them'' cannot go with ''has''. Don't even try to post any other thing here, just prove that ''none of them'', ''none of my friends'', ''none of whatever'' cannot go with ''has''.

Sagamite: To these Nigerian "graduates", it is:

We has headaches
You all has headaches.
They has headaches.

Good job trying to twist things.
Going by your useless logic, ''none of you has a headache'' is wrong. Right?

Sagamite: To these Nigerian "graduates", it is:

We has headaches
You all has headaches.
They has headaches.

You are a real waste of space, you keep twisting the issue. We are talking about the use of ''have'' or ''has'' in sentences that start with phrases like “Each of them”, “One of them” or “None of them. Don't try to be too smart.

*Semuhle*Baby*:
No sagamite is right. Read my bolded sentence. He is talking about himself not in third person

I was actually referring to your previous post, the one with a bolded part is completely different from what we are discussing about right now, it dealt with the basic use of ''have'' and ''has' as shown in the examples given.

Just like I said earlier, glad Semhule has confirmed it.

Scun: Prove it you prat! ''None'' can go with both singular and plural verbs depending on the context.

Sagamite: You are a person!

You are wrong. We are not both correct!

Are you still laughing? Who is embarrassing himself?

Don't try to be too intelligent next time.

*Semuhle*Baby*:
Like with your sentence both are right.

Betty Azar, in Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd ed. (Pearson Education, 2002, p. 89), gives examples of both "is" and "are" used with none, referring to count nouns: "None of the boys is here" and "None of the boys are here." The explanation states: "Subjects with none of are considered singular in very formal English, but plural verbs are often used in informal speech and writing."

So, as is often the case in modern English grammar, there is no one answer. The wording you choose illustrates how formal or informal or "correct" you wish to be in your expression. In your example sentence, both None of us want and None of us wants are correct.

So maybe has/have is also not wrong although i would have personally used have first.

Now you agree with me, so what do we call Sagamite?

*Semuhle*Baby*:
Sagamite is right.

Prove it

Sagamite: You are a person, it is "have".

Prove it you prat! ''None'' can go with both singular and plural verbs depending on the context.

Sagamite: person, "have".

''has'' is very correct in that context, you illiterate.

What a sad and masochist thread. What exactly do you guys hope to achieve with this?

Yoruba man - dem say na talent and intelligence
Igbo man - dem say na thief

Yoruba ppl sef

stchinedu: Abel na which one b dongle again?

You dey sleep on bike, people dey watch DSTV with N400 MTN recharge card for 1 month. Use google or you search on Nairaland here, some people dey advertise am. I have been using it for 3 years. If you are in PH, I can link you up.

gbokukueba: From what i heard his creditiors wanted to help him reorganise his company when the going was good but he rebuffed all effort to and wanted to continue his 'one-man show' and when the time came to get bank guarantee for the premiership right his creditors backed out and he ;ost the right and they swooped in on him and that was the end of his company and because he built his company on football alone... who does that?

you think there is any other thing that makes dstv what it is outside football?

kabba7: Let's run DSTV out of town a guy in Kano has for close to 2 years beenn succesfuly configuring this AVATA or A~Z sky thing to break the DSTV codes. Or U̶̲̥̅̊ go for free on air I can't continue to slave for multichoice.
I've done mine since December 2012 & am Φkγ̲̣̣̥ after studying the cause of the initial hang ups.

what causes the hangups? Mine does it occasionally

gbokukueba: When a Nigerian had the opportunity to send DSTV back to Mzanzi what did he do... he started storming viewing centres with policemen to harras business owners, then he went on a buying spree with the latest range of cars... today DSTV is back on the driver's seat and there is no competition forget all those funny cable stations they will fizzle away in no time...

The likes of CTL and METROdigital in PH and South East have been giving dstv a god run for their money for years

heykims: is there any alternative to dstv dt shows european football matches?

Metrodigital 3500 a month