Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. They were all strangers to me. I'd met _________ of them before.
A
either
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B
neither
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C
none
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D
all
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Solution
The correct option is C none A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse is a pronoun.
Either and neither can be used in several ways: adverbs, determiners, pronouns and conjunctions. While 'either' has a positive connotation, 'neither' holds a negative significance. You will always find them paired up this way: either/or and neither/nor. But in this case, none of the them are paired. It is the wrong option.
None has a plural sense (“not any”) as well as a singular sense (“not a single one”). It is the correct option.