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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
one or it as object (substitute )
Hello everybody,
According to the following explanation of using ‘one’ in Oxford Practice Grammar:
We use ‘one’ to talk about an object in general (6) and ‘it’ for a specific example of an object (7):
6 Do you have a French dictionary? I am looking for one (= not a specific French dictionary)
7 Do you have the French dictionary? I am looking for it (= a specific French dictionary)
Now ,I have a question :
The following context is extracted from another book:
"Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning it as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."
In above sentence ' a language' used in general, but why do the write use 'it' instead of 'one'?like the below:
The following context is extracted from another book:
"Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning one as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."
Thanks.
According to the following explanation of using ‘one’ in Oxford Practice Grammar:
We use ‘one’ to talk about an object in general (6) and ‘it’ for a specific example of an object (7):
6 Do you have a French dictionary? I am looking for one (= not a specific French dictionary)
7 Do you have the French dictionary? I am looking for it (= a specific French dictionary)
Now ,I have a question :
The following context is extracted from another book:
"Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning it as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."
In above sentence ' a language' used in general, but why do the write use 'it' instead of 'one'?like the below:
The following context is extracted from another book:
"Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning one as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."
Thanks.
Top answer
"... , Chinese) ... , so it's not really general.
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- , Chinese) ...
- , so it's not really general.
- , so it's general.
- It's two different uses of "a".
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Mickey Mouse 8241-The author of 1) is thinking Learning a cer
1) "Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning it as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."...
2) "Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning one as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."
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CalifJim2) "Learning a language as a child seems to involve no effort, but learning one as an adult requires a lot of time and effort."Thanks dear teacher for helpful reply.
The above sentence is written by me. Is it correct to use 'one' instead of 'it' as above? Does it make sence and free of grammar error?
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Mickey Mouse 8241Yes, it's fine.The above sentence is written by me. I wrote the sentence above. Is it correct to use it as above? Does it makesencesense, and is it free of grammar errors?
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CalifJimMickey Mouse 8241The above sentence is written by me. I wrote the sentence above. Is it correct to use it as above? Does it make sence sense, and is it free of grammar errors?Thanks for correcting me. so helpful. I really apprecitae your help.
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