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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

One and Ones

Check all the items out in the case, and take for yourself the one you like very much

I have bought lots of clothes for you, check out all of them and choose the ones you like to get yourself up.

Please help me with the usage of one and ones. Thanks
  

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The one is singular. The ones is plural. In your first sentence, the person is being instructed to pick one item.

  • The one is singular.
  • The ones is plural.
  • In your first sentence, the person is being instructed to pick one item.
  • In the second, he or she can pick more than one.
  • Incidentally, I wouldn't say take the one that you like very much .
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The one is singular.
The ones is plural.

In your first sentence, the person is being instructed to pick one item. In the second, he or she can pick more than one.

Incidentally, I wouldn't say take the one that you like very much. This tells me that there's an identification on the part of the speaker of what the item is – like saying choose the
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Wonder123I have bought lots of clothes for you. Check out all of them, and choose the ones you like to get yourself up. have for yourself.
It is very very very rare to see ones (if it even exists). The word one is usually used in two ways:
1. used as a number or quantifier.
Example: one tr
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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:

I have bought lots of clothes for you, check out all of them and choose the ones you like.
Meathawkhe word one used as an indefinite pronoun is always
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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.

Actually what I want to know is where to use one and where to use ones.

Suppose, if I take my brother to a store that sell books, pens,
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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,
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Ok thanks

Can write the above sentence this way:
I have bought lots of clothes for you to choose from. Check out all of them, and choose the one you like to get dressed up with.

Or

I 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.
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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:
I
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Try them out and take the one you like = one piece that you like
Try them out and take the ones you like = more than one piece that you like
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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

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