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Fill in the blanks to complete the detective's frustrating interrogation of a very sleepy night guard.
Detective: Did you see anyone enter the vault?
Guard: I didn't see _________________________ suspicious characters.
Detective: So, out of all the loud alarms that went off, you heard _________________________?
Guard: Exactly. Furthermore, _________________________ of the security cameras were even plugged in.
Detective: I have _________________________ patience left for this investigation!
Guard: I didn't see _________________________ suspicious characters.
Detective: So, out of all the loud alarms that went off, you heard _________________________?
Guard: Exactly. Furthermore, _________________________ of the security cameras were even plugged in.
Detective: I have _________________________ patience left for this investigation!
any
Because the verb is already negative (didn't see), we must use any. Using "no" or "none" would create an incorrect double negative.
none (first instance)
None acts as a pronoun here, meaning "not a single one of the alarms." It stands alone without a noun following it.
none (second instance)
We always use none, not "no," before "of the" + noun.
no
We use no directly before a noun ("patience") to make an affirmative sentence ("I have") negative.