... nonsmoking policy is nothing to me. According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. Nothing but roses meets (not meet) the eye. (The American Heritage(r) Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition). Like I said before nothing is the absence of anything. Not a thing. What could be simpler and more straightforward? Actually, it's pretty complicated. Nothing is no thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it. No part, no portion: Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole. One of no consequence, significance, or interest: The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me. Something that has no existence. Something that has no quantitative value; zero: a score of two to nothing. One that has no substance ...

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