No One vs. None
What is the difference between 'no one' and 'none'? Do they have the same meaning? Let's discuss these two indefinite pronouns and see for ourselves.
What Is Their Main Difference?
'No one' is an indefinite pronoun used to refer to a singular person.
'None' is a pronoun used to refer to both singular and plural people AND things.
No one know
None
I was looking for some books about history in the library, but none
No One
'No one' is an indefinite pronoun that shows the absence of a person, i.e. it means 'not anyone; no person'. Sometimes, people write 'no one' with a dash → 'no-one'.
They Are Both Negative Makers
'No one' and 'none' are both negative markers and they can make a sentence negative. So, we don't need a negative verb or use another negative word like 'NOT' with these particular pronouns.
didn't come to our party.
None
'None' means not any (one) (of) a given number or group of things. It can take singular or plural verbs.
None of + an uncountable noun → singular verb
None of + plural nouns/collective nouns → singular/plural verb
(The singular form is used in formal British English)
None of the buses
None of the buses
None of the committee
None of the committee
No + noun → none
If you can use 'nobody' or 'nothing', use them and forget about 'none'.
If your noun is the word 'person' or 'thing', we prefer the pronouns 'nobody/no one' and 'nothing'. For example:
I went to the movies, but I saw
I lost everything and now I have
Take a look at these examples and consider the difference:
- 'How many sodas have you got in the fridge?' - '
= no sodas, but maybe we have juice and water, etc.
- 'What have you got in the fridge?' - '
= not a thing, the fridge is empty.
'None' is a pronoun used to refer to both singular and plural people AND things.
He has two houses and she has
I bought a lot of beer, but now there is
I asked many people, but
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