The one is singular. The ones is plural. In your first sentence, the person is being instructed to pick one item.
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Wonder123I have bought lots of clothes for you. Check out all of them, and choose the oneIt is very very very rare to see ones (if it even exists). The word one is usually used in two ways:syou like toget yourself up.have for yourself.
Meathawkt is very very very rare to see ones (if it even exists).Of course it does, and it is a quite common plural, just as in the original example:
Meathawkhe word one used as an indefinite pronoun is always
Henry74The one is singular.The ones is plural.Understood
Henry74take the one that you like better or take one that you like very much– without the.I did not get this one.
Wonder123Actually what I want to know is where to use one and where to use ones.Use 'one;' for a singular case and 'ones' for a plural case, just as you would use singular and plural of any other noun.
Wonder123ask him to check all those items and pick only one item(case1) or one book, one pen, one eraser(case2) or two books, two pen,
Wonder123I have bought lots of clothes for you to choose from. Check out all of them, and choose the one you'd like to get dressed up with.Grammatically, the sentence is correct. However, semantically its construction doesn't flow and it sounds stiff and unnatural in my opinion. To improve the sentence with the same meaning and better flow, I would say:
grammarfreakGrammatically, the sentence is correct. However, semantically its construction doesn't flow and it sounds stiff and unnatural in my opinion. To improve the sentence with the same meaning and better flow, I would say:I've bought a lot of clothes for you. Check them out/ Take a look / Try them out and take the ones you like (best).Ok, thanks