Timeline for What does 'ones' refer to?
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| Apr 9, 2017 at 21:30 | comment | added | Peter | "A different face and figure" is perfectly grammatical and correct since one can only have a single face and *a single figure. The plural "ones" is for face *and figure. | |
| Apr 9, 2017 at 7:34 | comment | added | thein lwin | I think 'different face and figure ' is an ungrammatical phrase. So it must be 'different faces and figures'. ' The phrase 'different ones' in my OP means 'different faces and figures'. | |
| Apr 5, 2017 at 17:57 | comment | added | Peter | "A different face" = "a different one", "different faces" = "different ones"; "a different figure" = "a different one", "different figures" = "different ones"; "different face and figure" = "different ones". I like "those bananas and apples" = "I like those ones". | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 7:36 | comment | added | thein lwin | Thanks, Peter. I'd like to know whether 'ones' also refers to 'faces and figures'. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 6:09 | comment | added | fixer1234 | To elaborate to address "faces and figures" in the question. If it was just "face" or just "figure", it would be ",,,for a different one." Each "one" refers to a different part of the anatomy, which is why "ones" is plural in the sentence. But even if it was referring to just one part of the anatomy, the "different one" would mean "different example" or "replacement"; the meaning of "one", in this case, is not a reference to a numerical count. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 5:35 | history | answered | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |