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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Ones

e.g. Many people are happy about the new road, but there are some angry people, too.

I thought that the latter 'people' could be replaced with 'ones', but the answer sheet indicates it as false.
As there is no description of this, is it possible to think of this problem as follows?

If 'many,some' are preceded, one and ones don't appear in such sentences like the above one.
Is it a likely description?

Or else, is there any grammar point attributive to the falseness of this example sentence?
  

Top answer

In my opinion, it's a question of style. The use of "ones" in this way may be considered casual, and not acceptable in very formal use. I like the big ones.

— Avangi

  • In my opinion, it's a question of style.
  • The use of "ones" in this way may be considered casual, and not acceptable in very formal use.
  • I like the big ones.
  • The antecedent can be in prior context or in the same sentence.
  • Some people like small apples but I like [the] big ones!
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In my opinion, it's a question of style. The use of "ones" in this way may be considered casual, and not acceptable in very formal use.

I like the big ones. The antecedent can be in prior context or in the same sentence.

Some people like small apples but I like [the] big ones!
cho7712If 'many,some' are preceded, one and ones don't appear i
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AvangiI suppose "ones" may be considered in bad taste specifically as a substitute for "people."Don't allow any of the drunk ones in!
Your suggestion rightly made me be possible to connect a relevant description into this problem ; 'ones' usually used to refer to things rather than people. Even it is suggested on the book, I was not able to think of this expla
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Right. Sometimes "the book" doesn't give us the whole story. Emotion: smile
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