None of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.—Luke iv 27
Also the singular is sometimes found in present-day English in prose, and less rarely in poetry; for example,—
Perhaps none of our Presidents since Washington has stood so firm in the confidence of the people.—Lowell
In signal none his steed should spare.—Scott
Like the use of any, the pronoun none should be distinguished from the adjective none, which is used absolutely, and hence is more likely to confuse the student.
Compare with the above the following sentences having the adjective none:—
Reflecting a summer evening sky in its bosom, though none [no sky] was visible overhead.—Thoreau
The holy fires were suffered to go out in the temples, and none [no fires] were lighted in their own dwellings.—Prescott
All singular and plural.
425. The pronoun all has the singular construction when it means everything; the plural, when it means all persons: for example,—