None and Any - Singular or Plural?

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<p>I was reading Silverturtle's guide to SAT Grammar when I came across the discussion about none and any.</p>

<p>So my question is whether the CollegeBoard deems those words singular or not. I heard somewhere that, on the SAT, none is always singular. Is this true? What about any?</p>

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<p>any and none depend on the sentence whether they are sing. or plur:</p>

<p>Any of the beavers are collecting wood.</p>

<p>None of the fishermen are going on the boat.</p>

<p>Here is a question for you:</p>

<p>Any member of the committees is/are going to the party.</p>

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<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>is, right? (Any member is going to the party.)</p>

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<p>correct!</p>

<p>It was sort of a trick question, because any was functioning as an adjective. The subject was member, and of the committees is just an irrelevant prepositional phrase.</p>

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<p>SheepGetKilled is right, as far as the New York Times Style Guide, silverturtle, and other well known arbiters of grammar go. I am “old school,” so I would use the singular with both “any” and “none” in the first two examples that SheepGetKilled gave in post #2. In fact, the plural really grates on my ears in both of those sentences. On the other hand, one of the New York Times style writers mocks the view of any/none as singular as “one of Miss Thistlebottom’s rules.” I imagine silverturtle knows what the SAT writers think, and I’d go with his guide.</p>