On Tipping Point Today The Question Was Asked "How Long Is The Channel Tunnel"

[gollob]

THE answers given were A 21 miles B 31 miles C 41 miles.They gave the answer as B 31 miles
The length of the tunnel is 23.5 miles. So none of the answers were correct

[Mamyalynne]

The Channel Tunnel is 31.5 miles long or 50.45 km. That's the equivalent of 169 Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other.

[JimF]

The Channel tunnel is 31.35 miles in length:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/the-channel-tunnel

[elliemay1]

//The Channel Tunnel is 31.5 miles long or 50.45 km//

[jim360]

Looks like you were thinking of only the underwater section, but it starts and ends a few miles inland.

[THECORBYLOON]

". The Channel Tunnel is 31.4 miles long, making it the 13th longest tunnel in use (the longest is the Delaware Aqueduct, at 85.1 miles), and the fourth longest used by rail passengers. It has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world (23.5 miles)."

The undersea bit is 23.5 miles not the whole thing.

[gingejbee]

So, gollob, easy finding fault with others, isn't it?
Incidentally, "none"= "not one", so it's "none of the answers WAS correct".

[Peter Pedant]

// Incidentally, "none"= "not one", so it's "none of the answers WAS correct".//

even nore incidentally the 'mistake' let us not be prescriptive
none of the answers were correct
shows number attraction
the verb pluralises because it is after 'numbers' which is plural
so the number of the verb is attracted from the plural noum

[Mamyalynne]

One were though ;-)

[MWG14]

My wife wants a cheap simple smart phone, pay as you go, with no contract involved.

Any suggestions please?

[douglas9401]

"The Channel Tunnel is 31.5 miles long or 50.45 km. That's the equivalent of 169 Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other."

I'd say it's actually the equivalent of 169 Eiffel Towers laid end to end, unless I've completely misunderstood tunnelling. :-)

[elliemay1]

Does this help? :
//“None” can be singular or plural here, with slightly different meanings. “None of the answers was correct” means “not a single one of those answers was correct.”
“None of the answers were correct” means “not any of the answers were correct.”//

[ToraToraTora]

they asked how long the tunnel is, not how wide the channel is. 31 miles is correct.

[elliemay1]

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[JimF]

"not a single one"
“not any"

There's no difference. There were three possible answers and the number of correct ones was zero, no matter how you look at it.

None of the answers was correct.

[gingejbee]

...and, PP, I refuse to take lessons in the use of correct English from someone who rarely manages to use it.

[ToraToraTora]

jim they weren't looking for decimals, 31 is correct to the nearest whole number.

[webbo3]

The French originally wanted to call the line running from France to London the Napoleon line, without realising it terminates at Waterloo.

[gollob]

So what does the word tunnel actually means then Surely not things that are out in the open

[Mamyalynne]

If you wish to dispute the figures then contact the Operator.