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The word "determiner" none takes both plural and singular verbs but it depends on the use plural =both or all singular neither " None of them were like the spider in the ancient picture" The spiders page 20

none

1. Not any (one) of a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.  [quotations ▼]
   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 253: Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
2. Not any person: no one, nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord).
3. (now archaic, rare) Not any; no.  [quotations ▼]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXV: the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.

[edit] Usage notes

Although uncountable nouns require none to be conjugated with a singular verb, e.g., None of the team plays well., the pronoun can be either singular or plural in most other cases, e.g., Fifty people applied for the position, but none were accepted., and None was qualified.
However, where the given or implied context is clearly singular or plural, then a matching verb makes better sense:
None of these men is my father. None of those options is the best one. None of these people are my parents.