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

    I have two assignments, and one of them is done. Or alternatively you need to make them two separate sentences, which means you need to replace the comma with a period. I have two …

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

    Apr 19, 2012 · 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 …

  3. 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 …

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

    Oct 6, 2023 · The past tense "I was the one" refers to the situation in the past. For example: Cousin Joe and I were drawing lots to see who should collect the money. I drew the shorter …

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

    Jul 18, 2014 · But if I say "Love is one of the things that make[s] the world go 'round," it's trivially transparent that I don't mean that there are "some things," and that of them, love is the one …

  6. relative pronouns - Which vs Which one - English Language …

    The "one" could imply that of the alternates only ONE choice is possible, or permitted. "Which" alone could indicate several choices from the set of alterates could be selected in various …

  7. List of expertise levels from beginner to expert [closed]

    Try to stick to words whereby the context of the list makes it immediately clear that the word is an adjective (i.e. Intermediate, would not, in this list, be easily mistaken for one of many …

  8. Is the use of "one of the" correct in the following context?

    Oct 24, 2021 · The phrase 'one of the' is used to describe something/someone from the same group. There are many birds on the tree. One of the birds is red. This means we are talking …

  9. "one of A and B" or "one of A or B"? - English Language & Usage …

    Feb 21, 2018 · If your answer to the question is “(one of) A or B and/but only one”, then you should say so in your answer — but I believe that you can’t treat “one of” as a parenthetical. …

  10. idioms - "On one hand" vs "on the one hand." - English Language ...

    Mar 2, 2019 · Diachronically, one and an are cognate and semantically related; ān was adj. “one“ in OE (which didn't have the article). “ōn[e]” separated as a n./pron. with the sense of unity …

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