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Momento Posted 18 years ago
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one of the or one of ?!

0I wonder if the article needs or not in this case.02br
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00ex. "He works for one of ( 01b01u00the02u00 ?! ) 02b00 Denny's01b00 02b00restaurants. " 02br
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00Please teach me about this.0-
  

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0 He works for one of Denny's restaurants02br 00He works for one of the restaurants Denny owns02br 00He works for one of the restaurants (one of many)02br 02br 00He works for one of the Dennys - cannot be right as there is only one Denny 0-

  • 0 He works for one of Denny's restaurants02br 00He works for one of the restaurants Denny owns02br 00He works for one of the restaurants (one of many)02br 02br 00He works for one of the Dennys - cannot be right as there is only one Denny 0-
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0 He works for one of Denny's restaurants02br
00He works for one of the restaurants Denny owns02br
00He works for one of the restaurants (one of many)02br
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00He works for one of the Dennys - cannot be right as there is only one Denny 0-
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01cite10momento12cite10I wonder if the article 11b10is needed12b10 11del10needs or not12del10 in this case.12br
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10ex. "He works for one of ( 11b11u10the12u10 ?! ) 12b10 Denny's11b10 12b10restaurants. " 1
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0Optilang ,02br
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00Thank you very much for giving me many example sentences.0-
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0RayH,02br
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00Thank you so much for correcting the error in my question and giving me the explanation.0-
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0 On further consideration02br
00If the name of each restaurant is 'Denny's restaurants' (that is there is more than one)02br
00then it would be possible to say02br
00He works for one of the Denny's restaurants.02br
00However, if it is a large business it would be more usual to say "He works for Denny's." as suggested by RayH.02br
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10'He works for McDonalds' sounds better than 'he works for one of the McDonalds restaurants', although it would still be correct. 12br
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10Just a minor point. It shouldl be 01b00McDonald's02b00. 0-
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0 Thanks for the correction and apologies for the mistake. I never go there!0-
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0I'm with Ray. Unless he's at the corporate level, I'd just say "He works at a Denny's" or "He works at the Denny's over in Fraser (the name of the town)."0-
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0Optilang ,02br
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00 Thank you very much for further information. 0-
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0Thank you very much , Grammar Greek. 0-

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