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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
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A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "one" here?
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What is the grammatical form and function of "one" here?
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Jigneshbharati "one" It's a pronoun that means (in this sentence) 'a pronoun'. It's a subject complement in that sentence. — I have a pen.
- Jigneshbharati "one" It's a pronoun that means (in this sentence) 'a pronoun'.
- It's a subject complement in that sentence.
- — I have a pen.
- — I have one, too.
- (one = a pen) — There are some beautiful coats on sale there this week.
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Jigneshbharati"one"
It's a pronoun that means (in this sentence) 'a pronoun'. It's a subject complement in that sentence.
— I have a pen.
— I have one, too. (one = a pen)
— There are some beautiful coats on sale there this week.
— Really? Did you buy one? (one = a coat)
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A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns ...
I take "one" to be a common noun here, a pro-form functioning as predicative complement of "be", referring to "pronoun". We understand that a relative pronoun is a pronoun which is used ...
It is classed as a noun because like typical nouns it has an inflectional contrast between singular o
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