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Minhuoc  #237339  Sun, 18 Jun 06 10:40 AM

Is this sentence wrong? How can I correct? Is "out of the assistants" wrong?

"It  was quite clear that none out of the assistants knew what to do"

Thanks.
  
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Mister Micawber  #237344  Sun, 18 Jun 06 11:14 AM

The out is either redundant or a halfway measure.  Your choices are:

It  was quite clear that none of the assistants knew what to do

or, for stress:

It  was quite clear that none out of all the assistants knew what to do
  
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