核心问题
“Who was arrested?”“None of the men ____ arrested”
A. was B. has been
C. would be D. were(《托福应试大全·语法分册》, 浙江大学出版社, 1990, p. 201)
书上给的标准答案为(A)。但是,我认为选(D)也同样是正确。请看下面出自名作家之手的例句:
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None of the rooms are ready. (Hemingway) 没有一个房间准备好。
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None of us are perfect. (Wilde) 我们之中谁都是不完美的。
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None of them is/are ruled by... (A. S. Hornby) 他们之中没有谁受……统治。
词典解答
见 none...is/are。