can 'one' be avoided?

[constantinusphilo]

Can 'one' be avoided in such phrases as: the psychological need and the moral one?
Can one say instead: 'the psychological need and the moral'? I think not. However, it can be said: 'the needs, the psychological and the moral', correct?

 

[5jj]

More straightforward is the psychological and moral needs.

 

[jutfrank]

Would you like to give us a complete sentence to judge?

 

[constantinusphilo]

I have composed this sentence, it is complete.

 

[5jj]

It is not a sentence. It has no verb.

 

[emsr2d2]

I [STRIKE]have composed this[/STRIKE] wrote that sentence. It is complete.

Please note my changes above. As 5jj said neither "the psychological and moral needs" nor your originals are complete sentences. You correctly identified it as a phrase in your opening line.

 

[Tdol]

You could also say needs, both psychological and moral.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Can 'one' be avoided in such phrases as: the psychological need and the moral one?

It's grammatical either way, but neither is conversational. The suggestions above are better.

Can one say instead: 'the psychological need and the moral'?

Yes, but again, it's not conversational.

I think not. However, we can say, 'the needs,[STRIKE] the [/STRIKE]psychological and[STRIKE] the [/STRIKE]moral', correct?

I'd like to see a complete sentence, too.

 

[Phaedrus]

More straightforward is the psychological and moral needs.

If the context involves precisely one psychological need and one moral need, that could be unambiguously indicated with the psychological and the moral need.

Compare: I like the red and the blue shirt.

 

[Tdol]

Though psychology and morality are not quite as clear as basic colours.