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Old 28-Nov-2003, 06:38
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4) when to use "one" or "ones"

One is a singular pronoun, where there is a choice- I've got five newspapers, take one.

Ones is plural- I'm not eating any more biscuits- the last ones I ate made me feel sick.
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