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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

They are [one] happy couple

Charlotte: I met Catherine and her fiance last weekend.
Robert: She has a fiance? I didn't know that.
Charlotte: They met in Italy while Catherine was visiting her uncle.
Robert: That means he's Italian?
Charlotte: Yes. I don't know how they fell in love. His English is very poor.
Robert: Love has no frontier, you know. Take Paul and Akiko. They are one happy couple.

I'd like to know here what meaning "one" has.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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Tone of voice can give it one of (at least) two meanings: 1) I know you thing there aren't many, but they show that there is at least one example of this. They are ONE happy couple. 2) "One" is used for emphasis to mean very: That's one happy couple!

— BarbaraPA

  • Tone of voice can give it one of (at least) two meanings: 1) I know you thing there aren't many, but they show that there is at least one example of this.
  • They are ONE happy couple.
  • 2) "One" is used for emphasis to mean very: That's one happy couple!
  • That's one pretty girl!
  • That's one pretty sunset!
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Tone of voice can give it one of (at least) two meanings:
1) I know you thing there aren't many, but they show that there is at least one example of this. They are ONE happy couple.
2) "One" is used for emphasis to mean very: That's one happy couple! That's one pretty girl! That's one pretty sunset!
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It's an emphatic (and informal) way of saying 'they are a very happy couple'.

Possibly the underlying idea is that they are a good example of a happy couple.

Clive
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