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Hello,
What is the difference between the following sentences? Are they all correct?
A-1. The sun rises a minute earlier tomorrow.
A-2. The sun rises one minute earlier tomorrow.
B-1. I ate an apple.
B-2. I ate one apple.
C-1. I'm a student.
C-2. I'm one student. (obviously this one is wrong but what is the actual reason?)
Thanks.
Top answer
C-2 is the only one that isn't used. There is nothing ungrammatical about it. People just don't say I'm one student in any language, I suppose.
- C-2 is the only one that isn't used.
- There is nothing ungrammatical about it.
- People just don't say I'm one student in any language, I suppose.
- If you can think of a context in which it's natural, by all means, use it.
- CB
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C-2 is the only one that isn't used. There is nothing ungrammatical about it. People just don't say I'm one student in any language, I suppose. If you can think of a context in which it's natural, by all means, use it.
CB
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