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Nnit Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
One of the N. or One of N.
I've got confused about this.
Do the word 'of' always need Determiner following it???
He asked each of the students to speak English.
There were a lot of people at the concert.
Why the first one needs 'the' to follow 'of' but the other one don't???
Do the word 'of' always need Determiner following it???
He asked each of the students to speak English.
There were a lot of people at the concert.
Why the first one needs 'the' to follow 'of' but the other one don't???
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Nnit He asked each of the students to speak English. You are referring to a specific group of students while pointing to each and every one of them. Nnit There were a lot of people at the concert.
- Nnit He asked each of the students to speak English.
- You are referring to a specific group of students while pointing to each and every one of them.
- Nnit There were a lot of people at the concert.
- You are referring to a non-specific large group of people (all of them) without focusing on who they were.
- In other words, you can't really talk about specific individuals from a group that hasn't been identified.
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NnitHe asked each of the students to speak English.You are referring to a specific group of students while pointing to each and every one of them.
NnitThere were a lot of people at the concert.You are referring to a non-specific large group of people (all of them) without focusing on who they were.
In other words,
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NnitDoes the word 'of' always need a determiner following it???No. Not at all. The use of a determiner (or not) depends on the following noun phrase, not on the word 'of'.
As for your header, though, you'll usually need a determiner after "one of", usually, one of the
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