Ooh excellent question OP. I've had a bit of a google done some research into this. I would have agreed with other PPs until I read more into it and I think you are kind of right . Though it does appear rather fuzzy! As none here refers to a plural 'none of the babies' so I think it should be 'look.' But below says you can say either:
"When is none singular?
Use a singular verb with none when what you are referring to is singular (or you want to emphasize its singleness):
None of the gossip was about me. (Not one part of the gossip was about me.)
None of the snow has melted. (Not any part of the snow has melted.)
Can you hear how none of the gossip were about me or none of the snow have melted sound wrong? We just don’t say it like that in English (that’s what the asterisk indicates).
Also use a singular verb with none when none refers back to a mass noun, like bread, electricity, or water, e.g., None of the air is polluted.
When is none plural?
Use a plural verb with none when what it is referring back to is more than one of whatever is indicated:
Three people were on the panel. None of them were women.
I bought several types of batteries, but none of them are the right kind.
Can none be both?
Yes, we can use either a singular or a plural verb based on context—based on what sounds better or clearer.
In grammar, there is a concept called notional agreement or notional concord. (If you want to get fancy, call it synesis.) Notional agreement is a construction where grammatical agreement (as between a noun and verb) is determined not by form but by meaning, as when as a plural verb is used for a technically singular noun.
Consider this pair:
None of the books is worth reading.
None of the books are worth reading.
Both are correct, and a person could choose to use either. The second, though, sounds more natural to many English speakers, as the context concerns multiple books."
synesis[ sin-uh-sis ]SHOW IPA
noun Grammar.
a construction in which an expected grammatical agreement in form is replaced by an agreement in meaning, as in The crowd rose to their feet, where a plural pronoun is used to refer to a singular noun.
ORIGIN OF SYNESIS
1890–95; < New Latin < Greek sýnesis understanding, intelligence, equivalent to syn- syn- + (h)e- (stem of hiénai to throw, send) + -sis -sis
WORDS NEARBY SYNESIS
synergism, synergist, synergistic, synergistic muscles, synergy, synesis, synesthesia, synesthesialgia, synfuel, synfuels, syngamy
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR SYNESIS
Synesis, sin′e-sis, n. a grammatical construction in harmony with the sense rather than with strict syntax.
BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR SYNESIS
synesis/ (ˈsɪnɪsɪs) /
noun
a grammatical construction in which the inflection or form of a word is conditioned by the meaning rather than the syntax, as for example the plural form have with the singular noun group in the sentence the group have already assembled
Bugger bugger bugger. I can't believe I've just finished an English Language degree and I have not heard of this!!
Thanks op - due to you I have learned something new :-)