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the next month is the period from July 15th to August 15th; the next year
is the period from July 1985 to July 1986.
('m going to be very busy for the next week. ( = the seven days
starting today)
The next year will be difficult. ( = the twelve months starting now)

(| SUN

WN a vo Week

TUES ,

+ WED o| WED

THU THU

i iu FRI
FRI

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[> For the difference between /ast and the /ast, see 190.

221 noandnone

1 Weuse no( = ‘not a’, ‘not any’) immediately before a noun.
no + noun
No aeroplane is 100% safe.
There's no time to talk about it now.
Before another determiner (for example the, my, this), we use none of.
We also use none of before a pronoun.

none of + determiner + noun
none of + pronoun

None of the keys would open the door.
None of my brothers remembered my birthday.
None of us speaks French.
When we use none of with a plural noun, the verb can be singular (more
formal) or plural (more informal).
None of my friends is/are interested.