I checked Webster, and got for none: Function: pronoun, singular or plural in construction which effectively means they aren't taking a stance and both ways are correct...
Parish wrote: > Neil wrote: > >> Garth Wallace wrote: >> >>> Many people have proposed English spelling "reforms" over time. So >>> far, none has caught on. >> >> >> IMHO you meant to write "none have caught on". Or are you trying to >> reflect spoken grammar? >> > > I've seen this debated before and I think you will find that this is a > grammatical difference between Britain and America. > > IIRC it's to do with 'none' being, effectively, a contraction of 'not > one'; so "not one /has/ caught on" is correct but "not one /have/ caught > on" isn't. >
