Priceless vs Worthless

None or nor

We use none without a noun :

* "How much money do you have ?" "None." (= no money)

*All the tickets have been sold. There are none left. (=no tickets left)

Or we use none of...

*This money is all yours. None of it is mine.

After none of + plural (none of the students, none of them etc.) the verb can be singular or plural. A plural verb is more usual:

*None of the shops were (or was) open.

Instead of neither, you can use nor. You can also use not....either:

*"I don't know". "Neither do I" or "Nor do I" or "I don't either"

Lancez vous !

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Savez vous qu'il existe le "double objet passif"?

A verb can have two possible passive voices when it takes two objects: a direct object and an indirect object. Normally, it is the indirect object (the object that appears first in an active sentence) which becomes the subject of the passive sentence. We can however also use the direct object as the subject.

Two objects in an active sentence – two possible passive sentences

When there are two objects in an active sentence, there are two possible active sentences and two possible passive sentences.

• Sentence 1: The professor gave the students the books.
• Sentence 2: The professor gave the books to the students.

There are two objects in each of the following sentences:

• Object 1 = indirect object → the students
• Object 2 = direct object → the books

An indirect object is very often a person, a direct object a thing. When a direct object is followed by an indirect one, we put to in front of the indirect object.