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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
What rule am I breaking??
I've caught myself saying "these one's" a lot. An example would be if I were at work doing some papers and I would say "I'm working on these one's." So which rule am I breaking because it sounds weird.
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I don't believe you're breaking any grammar rule, Guest (except for the incorrect apostrophe). ' If you are writing more formally, however, you may prefer to drop the 'ones' as redundant, since 'I like these' is sufficient. This is a matter of style, however, not correctness.
- I don't believe you're breaking any grammar rule, Guest (except for the incorrect apostrophe).
- ' If you are writing more formally, however, you may prefer to drop the 'ones' as redundant, since 'I like these' is sufficient.
- This is a matter of style, however, not correctness.
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I don't believe you're breaking any grammar rule, Guest (except for the incorrect apostrophe).
'Which shoes do you like?'
'I like these ones.'
If you are writing more formally, however, you may prefer to drop the 'ones' as redundant, since 'I like these' is sufficient. This is a matter of style, however, not correctness.
'Which shoes do you like?'
'I like these ones.'
If you are writing more formally, however, you may prefer to drop the 'ones' as redundant, since 'I like these' is sufficient. This is a matter of style, however, not correctness.
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Ooh. Well, actually, on second look, there are two rules that have been broken: aside from number agreement: "these", a plural demonstrative, modifying "one", a singular noun, there's the apostrophe faux pas: "one's". Your sentence should be: "These ones", without the apostrophe.
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