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  1. pronouns - "One of them" vs. "One of which" - English Language …

    Which one is grammatically correct or better? I have two assignments, One of them is done. I have two assignments, One of which is done. I watched a video tutorial that the teacher said the ...

  2. "One-to-one" vs. "one-on-one" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Apr 19, 2012 · One-to-one is used when you talk about transfer or communications. You may use one-to-one when you can identify a source and a destination. For eg., a one-to-one email is one sent from a single person to another, i.e., no ccs or bccs. In maths, a one-to-one mapping maps one element of a set to a unique element in a target set. One-on-one is the correct adjective in …

  3. Difference between "I'm the one who..." and "I was the one who..."

    Oct 6, 2023 · I drew the shorter straw, so I was the one who collected the money. The present tense "I am the one" refers to the current state of affairs. You are the person responsible for carrying out that action, and your responsibility extends into the present. I am the one who collected the money.

  4. Which is correct: "one or more is" or "one or more are"?

    Feb 18, 2011 · With one or more is / are, the first thing to consider is whether 'one or more' is a unit or analysable. It has the near-synonym 'some'; 'four or five' could be substituted reasonably by 'several'.

  5. "One of the children who was" vs. "one of the children who were"

    Jul 18, 2014 · In the construction "one of the [plural noun] who ...", should the verb agree with "one" or " [plural noun]"? For example, which of the two following sentences is grammatically correct? Or are both acceptable? She was one of the several children who was sold at the auction She was one of the several children who were sold at the auction.

  6. grammaticality - one each -- is this grammatically an okay phrase ...

    Apr 3, 2015 · In general "one each" may be replaced by "one of each" with only stylistic damage. The comma after "primitive data types" is wrong and confusing, however; it should be a colon. It is worth noting that your example is also excellent for illustrating what the difference between "one of each" and "one for each" is and why this is important.

  7. What's the difference between "ones", "the ones", "those", "one", …

    Jan 10, 2019 · Some people say a dog=one, dogs=ones, the dog=the one=that, and the dogs=the ones=those. It's a rule of thumb, but what I found was that this is not always correct.

  8. Which vs Which one - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Recently I've come across sentences that doesn't have "one" in it and it looks like odd to me because I'm used to say "which one...?" The sentences must be correct because they are from a grammar.

  9. articles - What is the difference between "one" and "a"? - English ...

    Both a/an and one mean one. The difference is that "one" puts more emphasis on the number such as I have 4 computers and a printer/I have 4 computers and only one printer. So when you say a feature of my work or one feature of my work, it means the same, with the only difference that "one" is emphatic compared to "a".

  10. When to use "1" vs. "one" for technical writing?

    Jul 21, 2017 · As @PeterShor points out, in this case "one" is the pronoun, and would never be numeric. Beyond that, as a general rule, spell out numbers 1-9, but for technical writing, it may be appropriate to always use the numeric version when you're referring to a numeral (as opposed to the pronoun example above).