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Par. 230.] IRREGULARITIES.

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Here " none " is used for the sake of emphasis.
"I have no book " would not lay emphasis enough
on " no." "Book have I no " would be intolerably
harsh. And therefore we use the old emphatic
form "' none; " just as we cannot say " this book is
my," but have to say " this book is mine."
"None " is Adverbial in(7) "He is none the happier for all his wealth," i.e.
" no one whit," or " naught," Adverb.
230 5. c" No." If in the last example "the" were
omitted, we should use, instead of " none," the less
emphatic form " no ":1
(1) " He is no happier for all his wealth," Adverb.
"No " does not seem to be a Numeral Adjective
in -
(2) " You are no soldier."
It is rather Adverbial: " You are in no way, in no
respect, a soldier."
I Compare "none the less" with the less emphatic form of
"none" in " nathless."