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# none

«none» in Mova's school dictionary: **not one, or not any** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

pronoun (none); adverb (none — in «none the worse»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) None means not one, or not any. If none are left, zero are left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#m1)

2) «None of» a group means not a single one of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#m2)

3) «None of your business» is a rude way to say «that is not for you to know». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: zero of something after it was shared, eaten or sold; «none left», «none of them». In everyday life: answering how many («How many sweets are left? None.»). In science: «none of the seeds grew» is a result to record. In stories: «second to none» means the very best.

### examples

- None of the apples were rotten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x1)
- He gave away all his cards, so he has none. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x2)
- None of the boys wore hats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x3)
- How many cookies are left? None! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x4)
- None of the seeds grew in the dark cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x5)
- I looked for my shoe, but there was none under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x6)
- Her baking is second to none. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x7)
- None of my friends were at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x8)
- None of us has any pockets.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/#x9)

### note

Means 0. «None left» shows that all were used up. Trap: «none of them were red» means all of them are another colour. Both «none of them is» and «none of them are» are used. Homophone: nun (a woman in a religious order). «None» is a pronoun; before a noun use «no»: «no apples», «none of the apples».

### In the corpora

- [None of this means the family is in trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/6/)
- [None of this makes them bad parents; it makes them people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/3/)
- [Families help in different ways, and none of them is wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/8/)
- [Above them are «royal sources», newspaper columns and online guesses — some right, many wrong, none of them checkable.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/4/)
- [Famous people still buy chocolate, rewear dresses and get haircuts; none of that is a scandal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «none» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/none/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.