<p>Barrons clearly states that "some, all, any, most, NONE" are pronouns that can be either singular or plural, depending on what's inside the preposition. </p>
<p>But in Sparknotes, none is ALWAYS singular. And this is not a typo or anything. There were couple questions in which NONE was singular, despite the plural nouns inside the preposition. For example, "none of the king's courtiers WAS....." </p>
<p>So what's right?</p>
<p>I got an 800. My best advice: go with your gut. Also, focus on writing a fantastic essay so that if that question shows up, you can afford to guess.</p>
<p>hmmm I think 'none' would be singular... (like "all"?)
but I don't have a 800... far from it...<br>
:(</p>
<p>dido to the previosu response</p>
<p>Barons is correct according to formal written usage. The words any, none, all, some, and most may be singular or plural depending on the meaning of the sentence. Usually, when the words refer to a singular word, they are singular...plural word, they are plural. Lots of times the word referred to is an a prepositional phrase following the subject. </p>
<p>Examples:
Some of the show was funny.
Some of the actors were funny.</p>
<p>None of the show was funny.
None of the movies were funny.</p>
<p>I know that some grammarians always use none as a singular pronoun. Because there are conflicting rules, I doubt you will see it on the SAT. You are more apt to see the singular indefinite pronouns such as each, either, neither, and words ending in -one or -body.</p>
<p>i got an 800 and barron's is right. I used to barron's to prep btw.</p>