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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
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A + one
[[[[[[ Why isn't the first article a good one? ]]]]]
I don't understand why a comes with one?
one here refers to 'the first article' which is only one; if a comes with one here, isn't it grammatically wrong and wrong use?
I don't understand why a comes with one?
one here refers to 'the first article' which is only one; if a comes with one here, isn't it grammatically wrong and wrong use?
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moon7296 [ Why isn't the first article a good one? One in this case is a pronoun. " The sentence can be rephrased as: Why isn't the first article a good article ?
- moon7296 [ Why isn't the first article a good one?
- One in this case is a pronoun.
- " The sentence can be rephrased as: Why isn't the first article a good article ?
- Compare with a different use of one as an adjective: Mary has one dog and two cats.
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moon7296[ Why isn't the first article a good one?One in this case is a pronoun.
Its antecedent is "article." The sentence can be rephrased as:
Why isn't the first article a good article?
Compare with a different use of one as an adjective:
Mary has one dog and two cats.
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