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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Describing about two people or things

Can I use one of... and another one, when I describe about two person or things.

I have two friends, one of them(or the friends) is a musician, who play guitar wonderfully, and another one is an artist, who draw amazing art that no one have ever imagined.

A man has two electronic gadget one of them(or the gadgets) is a tiny instrument that can be use to measure parameters such as height, width etc, and another one is a medium sized machine that can be used to count the number of books in the shelf.

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Wonder123 Can I use one of... and another one, when I describe about two person or things. No, not if there are only two in the discussion.

— Mister Micawber

  • Wonder123 Can I use one of...
  • and another one, when I describe about two person or things.
  • No, not if there are only two in the discussion.
  • I have two friends : one of them is a musician, who plays guitar wonderfully, and the other one is an artist, who creates amazing art that no one has ever imagined.
  • A man has two electronic gadgets .
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Wonder123Can I use one of... and another one, when I describe about two person or things.
No, not if there are only two in the discussion.

I have two friends: one of them is a musician, who plays guitar wonderfully, and the other one is an artist, who creates amazing art that no one has ever imagined.
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Ok thanks, Can I also use one of the friends or one of the gadgets instead of them in the sentences below?
Mister MicawberI have two friends: one of them is a musician, who plays guitar wonderfully, and the other one is an artist, who creates amazing art that no one has ever imagined.
A man has two electronic gadgets. One
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Wonder123, Can I also use one of the friends or one of the gadgets instead of them in the sentences below?
You may, but the style is not so good.
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Mister MicawberYou may, but the style is not so good.
Ok thanks, probably it would suit when we describe about the two in the second sentences, what your thoughts?

For Ex: Today he went to the market and saw two of his friends from a distance. When he reached home he realized that one of his friends was holding a bag full of fruits and the o
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Today he went to the market and saw two of his friends from a distance. When he reached home he realized that one of them had been holding a bag of fruit and the other one a bag of vegetables, and that both of them had just been waiting for him so that they could give him the bags.
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