Depending on the method of preparation, defrosting may be suggested. 1  Allow 12 to 24 hours to defrost steaks, depending on thickness.  Allow 4 to 7 hours per pound to defrost large roasts or thick compact pot roasts.
A myth has emerged that none always requires a singular verb. Not true. The word none can take the singular or the plural. In the words of New Fowler: It is a mistake to suppose that the pronoun [none] is singular only and must at all costs be followed by singular verbs or pronouns . . . . At all times since the reign of King Alfred the choice of plural or singular . . . has been governed by the surrounding words or by the notional sense. New Fowler, p. 526.
Except at weekends). Yep and nope are always the first word in their sentence, and I think they have to be regarded also as the only word in their sentence (certainly the only word in their phonological phrase).ep and Nope appear to have evolved as one-word utterances, and originally (it seems) they hardly ever occurred in longer utterances featuring utterance-final occurrences of the words yes and no.