oxford_guide_to_english_grammar

22 PRONOUNS PAGE 242
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Patterns where we have to use one/ones
After an adjective (But • Note)
An orange juice. A large one, please.
I didn't buy a calculator. They only had expensive ones.
After the
This television is better than the one we had before.
After every
The building had lots of windows. Every one had been broken.
NOTE
We can sometimes leave out one/ones when we use two adjectives.
We've got French books and German (ones).
Are these the old prices or the new (ones)?
We can also leave out one/ones after an adjective of colour.
My toothbrush is the blue (one).
3 We cannot use one after a. We leave out a.
Whenever you need a phone box, you can never find one. (= a phone box)
I don't know anything about weddings. I haven't been to one lately. (= a wedding)
4 Compare one/some and it/they.
I haven't got a rucksack. I'll have to buy one. (= a rucksack)
I haven't got any boots. I'll have to buy some. (= some boots)
I've got a rucksack. You can borrow it. (= the rucksack)
I've got some boots, but they might not fit you. (= the boots)
One and some are indefinite (like a). It and they are definite (like the).
5 Here is an overview of the uses of one and ones.
Use/Meaning
Example
The number 1
Just wait one moment.
With of
Would you like one of these cakes?
• 188(2) Replacing a noun A whisky, please. A large one.
Two coffees, please. Small ones.
• 188(3) Replacing a/an + noun I've just baked these cakes. Would you
like one?
• 185(2) 'Any person' One shouldn't criticize.
189 Everyone, something etc
1 Every, some, any and no form compound pronouns ending in one/body and thing
(sometimes called 'indefinite pronouns') and compound adverbs ending in where.
a
everyone/everybody - all (the) people
Everyone has heard of Elton John,
someone/somebody - a person
Someone broke a window,
no one/nobody = no people
The bar's empty. There's nobody in there.