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

    Apr 19, 2012 · One-to-one is used when you talk about transfer or communications. 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 …

  2. Which is correct vs which one is correct? [duplicate]

    Aug 11, 2019 · When using the word " which " is it necessary to still use " one " after asking a question or do " which " and " which one " have the same meaning? Where do you draw the line on the …

  3. pronouns - Usage of one, one's, oneself, one's own - English Language ...

    Nov 18, 2016 · He/him/himself could replace one/one's/oneself grammatically, but from a usage point of view you might have changed a gender neutral sentence into a sentence about a man.

  4. The difference between "only one" and "one and only one"

    Jun 9, 2020 · However, "one and only one" adds emphasis to the fact that there is only one, and draws attention to it. For example, the student who is the only one who failed, might feel more ashamed if …

  5. Which came first when saying numbers: "one hundred AND one" or …

    101: One hundred and one 234,500: Two hundred and thirty four thousand five hundred Based on my experience, Britons, Australians and New Zealanders say the "and", and North Americans do not (ie …

  6. distributive determiners - "put one drop in both eyes" - English ...

    Apr 1, 2025 · In celebration of the season... My new eye medication has the instruction: Put one drop in both eyes twice a day. Doing that even once a day seems an impossibility. Is both used properly? …

  7. "Which one is the best" vs. "which one the best is"

    May 25, 2022 · "Which one is the best" is obviously a question format, so it makes sense that " which one the best is " should be the correct form. This is very good instinct, and you could even argue that …

  8. superlatives - "plural" + are/were + "one" of the best + - English ...

    Oct 25, 2016 · No, technically the use of "one" is incorrect, yet such a phrase is common in most American English speech. As you said, the subject of the sentence is plural, and the verb "are", …

  9. Difference between "hundred", "a hundred", and "one hundred"?

    Regarding one hundred or a hundred etc, the person saying that there is a difference is right - one is used more for precision but a is more common and employed.

  10. Which way: One and one ARE two? One and one IS two?

    May 7, 2014 · Adding the number one with the number one produces the number two, which is a singular thing, therefore "one and one" (one plus one) is singular. A clearer (and thus arguably …