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' Compare: 'These plastic ones are cheaper' - these/those + adjective + ones . *If you can carry those books, I'll bring these ones . If you can carry those books, I'll bring these .
- ' Compare: 'These plastic ones are cheaper' - these/those + adjective + ones .
- *If you can carry those books, I'll bring these ones .
- If you can carry those books, I'll bring these .
- - acceptable Respectably, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Dear friend,
avoid ones immediately after these/those, especially in formal styles, eg, "Within this group, there are those who are willing to take risks and those who are more cautious.' Compare: 'These plastic ones are cheaper' - these/those + adjective + ones.
*If you can carry those books, I'll bring these ones.
If you c
avoid ones immediately after these/those, especially in formal styles, eg, "Within this group, there are those who are willing to take risks and those who are more cautious.' Compare: 'These plastic ones are cheaper' - these/those + adjective + ones.
*If you can carry those books, I'll bring these ones.
If you c
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Hi guys,
I hear 'these ones / those ones' used quite often in everyday conversation, and it seems fine to me.
It usually refers to things rather than to people.
Best wishes, Clive
I hear 'these ones / those ones' used quite often in everyday conversation, and it seems fine to me.
It usually refers to things rather than to people.
Best wishes, Clive
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In a formal style that and those can be used with a following description to mean 'the one(s)'.
Those who can swim will be enrolled.
Those who can swim will be enrolled.
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Whenever I venture north across the border into Canada (quite often), I hear these/those ones regularly. I know a few people in the US that use that phrase, but I find it jarring to the ear.
By the way, it is equally jarring to the eye to see a sentence all in capital letters (it's considered to be tantamount to 'shouting' on the internet).
By the way, it is equally jarring to the eye to see a sentence all in capital letters (it's considered to be tantamount to 'shouting' on the internet).
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