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I know this is an old thread but just been asked the same question.
How can a single entity be pluralised? You can have a group of ones as mentioned earlier, the shelf in the hardware store for house numbers contain a batch of ones, the deck of cards has four ones (or aces).
The exception I do see however is when referring to people, loved ones, little ones.
These ones? Those ones?
Eric writes: I was wondering if it is grammatically incorrect to use "these ones" or "those ones" when answering someone who just asked me a question like.. "which ones are done?" or "which of those still need to be wrapped?" It seems to me that if it's ok to say "this one" or "that one" that "th...
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