SANAM- Query

[MihirSahu]

Is None of my friends - have- correct or None of my friends - has - correct...
As for SANAM None of my friends have should be correct...but I read it otherwise somewhere else...
Please confirm...as it is shattering my understanding about SANAM as per the book.

[esledge]

"None of my friends have....." is correct. The object of the preposition is the plural "friends" so the plural verb is required.

[NIKESH_PAHUJA]

I think it shud be


None of my friends has.............

NOne (of my friends ) has................will be correct even if we remove middleman..

NOne (of my friends ) have............will be incorrect if we remove middleman



Please correct me if I am wrong

[Ben Ku]

The SANAM pronouns (some, any, none, all, more/most) take on the number of the object of the pronoun, usually the of-phrase. In other words, the of-phrase is not middlemen; it's what determines the number of the subject.

For "None of my friends ... ", since friends is plural, we should use a plural verb.