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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Ones leg OR one's leg?

Which is correct:

Ones leg

OR

One's leg

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Top answer

That depends on what you are trying to convey. One leg means a single leg. ) One's leg means one of the legs that belongs to someone.

  • That depends on what you are trying to convey.
  • One leg means a single leg.
  • ) One's leg means one of the legs that belongs to someone.
  • ) One's is the possessive form.
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That depends on what you are trying to convey.

One leg means a single leg. (Jimmy hopped on one leg as he played hopscotch.)

One's leg means one of the legs that belongs to someone. (When one breaks one's leg, a cast may be necessary to ensure that it heals correctly.) One's is the possessive form.

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