none of these gadgets matter/matters

I'd look at proximity to gadgets, thus plural

My understanding is that "none" requires the plural verb. I suspect in actual usage, it would be about fifty-fifty. - A.

Somebody recently wrote a grammar quote in a thread: "syntactically plural; simantically singular" in a different context about a different word. I thought it was neat. Can't remember the details. Maybe it was the other way around.

Edit. I think Marius i

If there's no power, none of these gadgets matters.
The rule is that none always takes the singular verb.
However, the rule is more often broken than observed, so this rule is usually used only in formal contexts (such as English grammar exams), and the proximity rule mentioned earlier in this thread is more often used by real people in real conve

AvangiMy understanding is that "none" requires the plural verb.

Sorry about the stupid post. I can't believe I wrote that. The rest of it doesn't make much sense either. I promise to make sure I'm awake before I start writing. - A.

New2grammarnone of these gadgets matter.

In BrE, n

Either one will do:
None of them is/are here.
CB