In Essays^x, Subjunctives^x, Verbs^x

We welcome your opinions, Marcelinx, but it is dangerous to try to compare your native language so closely with English-- they do not work the same way. Nor is your logic very careful. Well, I certainly hope he helps you. There is nothing subjunctive about this. The form of the subjunctive...

The following problem came up in class today: None of us was/were able to communicate with the alien. Now, I was taught to find the head subject and then form the verb according to the number of this head subject, but here I am not sure whether none of modifies us (> were) or of us modifies...