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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
One or ones
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"Can you lend me a pair of shorts? I've forgotten mine ~ I've got two pairs. Which ones would you like? Those ones or these ones? ~ I'll have those ones."
Is it correct to use "Which one would you like? That one or this one?" instead?
"Can you lend me a pair of shorts? I've forgotten mine ~ I've got two pairs. Which ones would you like? Those ones or these ones? ~ I'll have those ones."
Is it correct to use "Which one would you like? That one or this one?" instead?
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"Can you lend me a pair of shorts? I've forgotten mine ~ I've got two pairs. Which ones would you like?
- "Can you lend me a pair of shorts?
- I've forgotten mine ~ I've got two pairs.
- Which ones would you like?
- Those ones or these ones ?
- " Those ones and these ones are not acceptable, at least in American English.
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"Can you lend me a pair of shorts?
I've forgotten mine ~ I've got two pairs. Which ones would you like? Thoseones or these ones? ~ I'll have those ones."
Those ones and these ones are not acceptable, at least in American English.
Which ones (referring to shorts) would you like?
Whic
I've forgotten mine ~ I've got two pairs. Which ones would you like? Those
Those ones and these ones are not acceptable, at least in American English.
Which ones (referring to shorts) would you like?
Whic
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AnonymousThose ones or these ones?This is British English, by the way.
British: this one, that one, these ones, those ones
American: this one, that one, these, those
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