I have two assignments, one of them is done It can be referred to as singular or plural, depending on the context I have two assignments, one of which is done
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I am really struggling to understand if i should use a or one in the below example
This is derived from another thread that became too confusing with the wrong examples I want to know what the constraints are on using the phrase one of the Is it used correctly in this example He is one of the soldiers who fight for their country.
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. Does but one mean only one or except one This phrase shows up in the song love is an open door from the movie frozen The relevant line is our mental synchronization can have but one
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. As @petershor points out, in this case one is the pronoun, and would never be numeric
It is a somewhat poetic way of saying only one It is not generally something you'd use in everyday speech, as you would probably say only one But in the context of a witticism or coining a phrase, you tend to see but one used in place of only one This said, if you strictly only use only one, you're not incorrect.
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One of refers to a group The group that follows is plural Students is plural of student. consider the statement, one of the team. a team is a group
