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Hela Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

part of speech: one / one of

0Dear teachers,02br
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00Is the word ONE belongs to a different part of speech in the following sentences?02br
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00a) There is only ONE book left on the shelf.02br
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00b) ONE OF the books that were on the shelf has disappeared.02br
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00Is ONE in sentence a) a determinative adjective? And what about the one is b) ? Is it a pronoun, (determinative ?? pronoun ?)02br
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00Would you please give me examples where numerals can be either adjectives or pronouns?02br
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00Thank you for your help.02br
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00Hela0-
  

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02br 02br 01font 00I bought seven books. 02font 01i 00adjective02i 02br 02br 01font 00There were a lot of books. Seven were novels.

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 01font 00I bought seven books.
  • 02font 01i 00adjective02i 02br 02br 01font 00There were a lot of books.
  • Seven were novels.
  • I bought seven of them.
  • 01i 00nouns02i 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi Hela,02br
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00I would say the word seven, for example is both an adjective and a noun.02br
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01font00I bought seven books. 02font01i00adjective02i02br
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01font00There were a lot of books. Seven were novels. I bought seven of them. 01i0
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00So whenever you have a numeral or quantifier that stands before a noun, it's an adjective; and whenever it is followed by "OF" it's a pronoun?02br
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00e.g. 02br
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00a) 01b00Each02b00 student should bring his/her (their?) dictionary. = adjective02br
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1font00Hi Hela,02font02br
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00So whenever you have a numeral or quantifier that stands before a noun, it's an adjective; and whenever it is followed by "OF" it's a pronoun?01font00 Yes02font02br
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00e.g. 02br
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00a) 01b00Each02b00
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0Thanks a lot, Clive. 050010id1
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I want to know 'one of ' is preposition?
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