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- pronouns - One of them vs. One of which - English Language Learners . . .
I have two assignments, and one of them is done Or alternatively you need to make them two separate sentences, which means you need to replace the comma with a period I have two assignments One of them is done The second sentence reads fine as long as you follow the correct sentence case and change "One" to "one"
- One of the children who was vs. one of the children who were
But if I say "Love is one of the things that make[s] the world go 'round," it's trivially transparent that I don't mean that there are "some things," and that of them, love is the one that makes the world go 'round Rather, love is one of a set of things that, in the plural, "make " –
- One-to-one vs. one-on-one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
You may use one-to-one when you can identify a source and a destination For eg , a one-to-one email is one sent from a single person to another, i e , no ccs or bccs In maths, a one-to-one mapping maps one element of a set to a unique element in a target set One-on-one is the correct adjective in your example
- When to use 1 vs. one for technical writing?
As @PeterShor points out, in this case "one" is the pronoun, and would never be numeric Beyond that, as a general rule, spell out numbers 1-9, but for technical writing, it may be appropriate to always use the numeric version when you're referring to a numeral (as opposed to the pronoun example above)
- Which is correct vs which one is correct? [duplicate]
When using the word "which" is it necessary to still use "one" after asking a question or do "which" and "which one" have the same meaning? Where do you draw the line on the difference between "which" and "which one" when asking a question that involves more than one answer? Example: How much is 1 + 1? Which (one) is the right answer?: A 2 B 11
- Which is it: 1½ years old or 1½ year old? [duplicate]
It would come much more naturally to a native speaker to say not "That man is a 50-year-old" [note also the hyphenation here] but "That is a 50-year-old man"; similarly, not "That kid is a one-and-a-half-year-old today" [a construction I have never heard anyone use when referring to half years as part of someone's age], but "That is a one-and-a-half-year-old kid" (omitting the 'today'), or
- Use you or one in formal writing? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
However, when one uses the word "one", it is as if one is speaking in general terms, not refering to any specified individual It isn't a hard rule that every use of 'you' is writing in the second-person, but rather more a guideline to help a writer avoid overuse of the word 'you'
- relative pronouns - Which vs Which one - English Language Learners . . .
The "one" could imply that of the alternates only ONE choice is possible, or permitted "Which" alone could indicate several choices from the set of alterates could be selected in various combinations Of course, speakers are often very imprecise about their meanings intentions when saying "which" or "which one"
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