It is not necessary to use 'one'.
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#1 30-Apr-2017, 21:22Prop-word "one"
Hello.
I have a question about the word "one".
In the example: You take the long route, and I'll take the short. I have to use "one" after short or it is possible to leave it out. If it is, which version is more common?
Hope you will help me.
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#2 30-Apr-2017, 21:29Re: Prop-word "one"
“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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#3 30-Apr-2017, 21:34Re: Prop-word "one"
But in this example, I suppose, it is impossible to omit "one".
This glass is dirty. Can I have a clean, please?
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#4 30-Apr-2017, 21:47Re: Prop-word "one"
No, it is not possible.
Originally Posted by Little man
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#5 30-Apr-2017, 23:09Re: Prop-word "one"
I find it much more natural with "one". Originally Posted by Little man
I am not a teacher.
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#6 30-Apr-2017, 23:13Re: Prop-word "one"
A (relatively well-known) lyric from the Scottish traditional song The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond is "You take the high road and I'll take the low road". It uses what I consider to be the most natural construction - the repetition of the word "road". However, omitting the second "road" still results in a grammatically correct sentence. The same goes for your original.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
