to be in floods of tears over the sma 'dad' advert??

[mumclaire]

or maybe its my pg hormones??? Wipes snotty nose

Oh I would have said the singular.
but there you go, I didn't have much of an education tbh

's ok fick, I have a far more knowledgable teacher it would seem.....

Tut tut HC

pmsl Fick!

Hi JV.

Pan!

Wheres our cape? Dont forget I want it dry-cleaned...I'm very anal about these things.

evening Pan

Hi, you, and Greeny.

Our cape is being put to good use. These northerly winds can be fierce.

None of us is happy.

None of us is hungry.

None of us is pissed

Fuck the dictionary. It sounds bad.

Indefinite pronouns are tricky, it is true.

When determining the singular or plural you should think of "none" as "not one".

Thus "not one of us are dumb". Or "not one of us is dumb". The latter is more appropriate in this case, ie singular subject, singular verb.

HTH.

I am content, full and sober, Desi. Disagree an ALL counts. Night sweetie.

Desi!
Of course I agree, I was defending your grammarly honour. Uppity beeatch indeed tsk.

Pan, glad to hear it.
I have not had much need for the Deerstalker of late as down here the weather has been fine... I have instead used it as an ashtray.

But in the usage of 'none,' than surely 'are' is the natural follow-on.

If I were to use, in speech, 'not one of', then I would follow with 'is.'

You can't deny the lyricism of the English language

JV, what an excellent usage for a deerstalker, if I may say so ...

Pan, I'm relieved that you disagree. You agreed with me once, and it gave me a very particular form of indigestion.

Isn't "none" short for "not one"?

Hey - write a sonnet. You'd be great at it.

Dont write a dissertation on English grammar though, okay?

Or write a limerick, limericks are lovely its true.

There was an old lady from Ealing
Who had a peculiar feeling
She laid on her back
And opened her crack
Then she peed all over the ceiling.

he is an actor probably doesnt have kids and you rally want your man just to do his fair share not say he will!

... and don't write one on English history, fick.

I heard that limerick in 1969.

... and limericks are lovely, it's true.

Note the apostrophe

The old ones are always the good ones, wouldnt you say?

I was born a decade later than 1969, so I'll have to take your word for it.

Feel free to pick up all my apostrophes and commas for me.

Mine is pure idleness, rather than ignorance

I saw this ad today and my first thought was - who'll be first to post about it on mn

Oh give me an ignoramus over an idle bugger any day!

oh trust someone to bring up bum sex.

on that note, im off to bed.

Goodnight all.

Yes, thank you, JV