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My husband keeps ending sentance in "these ones" or "those ones". Can you tell us if this is correct use of english, and if not, why it is not correct?

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by awiersma

My husband keeps ending sentance in "these ones" or "those ones". Can you tell us if this is correct use of english, and if not, why it is not correct?

That would depend on the sentences. Can you give us some examples?

[Humble]

Hi,
AFAIK you can't use ones after these, those:

So, you don't like these shoes; what about those?

Rgs

[riverkid]

Originally Posted by awiersma

My husband keeps ending sentance in "these ones" or "those ones". Can you tell us if this is correct use of english, and if not, why it is not correct?

It's perfectly correct, awiersma.You might have heard some old prescription or an old school teacher warning against this collocation. It's just another old canard.

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,360,000 English pages for "these ones".

Results 1 - 10 of about 804,000 English pages for "those ones".

[MikeNewYork]

In addition, "ones" can refer to a specific things, such as one dollar bills and numbers in different fonts.