To: Principled
"None" is a contraction of "not one", so it is the "one" which necessitates the singular form of the verb.
"What" is not specifically singular, so the form of the verb would be determined by "the rules".
eg: "What were those things?"
Remember that a form of the verb "to be" sets up a verbal equation or direct comparison, and in this clause "the rules" and "what" are interchangeable elements.
120 posted on
08/03/2003 11:05:23 PM PDT by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: King Prout; B-Chan; Principled; Consort
Thanks for the help.
130 posted on
08/04/2003 5:02:43 AM PDT by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
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