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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Article and one

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00Could I be able to put the indefinite article before the number "one" or "two", so on?02br
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00He has one pen in his hand. -- sounds good.02br
00He also has the one pen he had yesterday today with him. -- sounds good too.02br
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00Could we use phrases like "a one/two/three pen/pens"? 0-
  

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02br 00Normally, no. 02b 00 0-

  • 02br 00Normally, no.
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00Normally, no. There are certain rare cases, of course:02br
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01i00He also has the one pen he had yesterday today with him02i00.--01b00 He is notorious for possessing only a single pen.02b02br
01i00It's a one-horse town02i00 -- 01b00The article modifies 01i00town

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