Buy them/ones
A: I need to buy some roses for my sister. Today is her birthday.
B: Maybe you can go to the Ivy House to buy them.
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If I use ones instead of them in the sentence, is it acceptable?
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The two given sentences, A and B, are correct. Replacing "them" in B with "ones" would make B ungrammatical. "Ones" can be used in this context in the following way, however:
A and B go to the Ivy House to get roses:
B: How about these pink ones?
A: No, she doesn't like the color pink. Hey, look at these yellow ones. These are the ones I'll get.
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