None of something means not even a small amount of it. None of a group of people or things means not even one of them.
Since none has the meanings "not one'' and "not any,'' some insist that it always be treated as a singular and be followed by a singular verb: The rescue party searched for survivors, but none was found. However, none has been used with both singular and plural verbs since the 9th century.
The meaning of NONE is not any. How to use none in a sentence.
No and none of are determiners. None is a pronoun. No, none and none of indicate negation. …
It is true that none is etymologically derived from the Old English word ān, "one," but the word has been used as both a singular and a plural since the ninth century.
From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one.
NONE definition: not one. See examples of none used in a sentence.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun none, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
You use none of before a plural noun or pronoun and a singular verb: None of us is able to escape the consequences of our actions. In informal English, people often use a plural verb after none of: None of us care what happens to him.