SC strategy guide Pg 40

[mehtamaulikd]

On Pg 40 it is given that
Technically, none of + plural noun can take either a singular or plural verb....

It means i can write any of the ones given below?

none of my parents is christian
none of my parents are christian

[gokul_nair1984]

It depends on the sense of context.. If you treat "parents" as 2 separate entities( Dad and Mom ), then you will use are and if you treat "parents" as 1 single unit , you would use is.

[tim]

You need to look up the section on countable versus uncountable nouns:

None of the water is drinkable.
None of the books are readable.