Idx | 1902 |
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Keyword | no one |
Sub Entry Number | 1 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | No one of us regrets volunteering. |
Correct Sentence | None of us regrets volunteering. Not one of us regrets volunteering. |
Cloze Error Sentence | [[No one]] of us regrets volunteering. |
Cloze Sentence | [[None/Not one]] of us regrets volunteering. |
Cloze Answer | None/Not one |
Choices | No one | None | Not one |
Explanation | When you mean 'not one', use none or (for emphasis) not one: 'None ofthe children could tell the time.' 'Not one of the trainees has a medical background.' No one and nobody cannot be followed by of unless the phrase introduced by of is descriptive: 'No one of any importance was at the meeting.' |
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