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- 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
- One of those people who lt; singular or plural verb? gt;
The sentence about "one of those rare people who" almost has to have a plural verb within the relative clause: He is one of those rare people, and he believes in ancient myths
- Is Jack of all trades, master of none really just a part of a longer . . .
As for the suggested longer expression "Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one," the earliest matches I could find for it are two instances from 2007 From Drum magazine (2007) [combined snippets]: The full phrase is actually " Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one "
- A word or phrase to describe one plus one more than two?
The two parts of one plus one would normally equal two The original question was a looking for a way of describing a situation where one plus one equals more than two The original post omitted the word equals - but from the rest I concluded it should have been there
- Which came first when saying numbers: one hundred AND one or one . . .
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 "one hundred one", etc) I believe most other English speaking countries say the "and" Which version was used first?
- one or more people - WordReference Forums
When usage and logic clash (along the lines of "more than one person has said"): We often hear this phrase, but how can "people" (meaning 'the plural of "person"') take a singular verb? Would you prefer an alternate way of saying this, such as "one person or more"? [This sounds quite awkward to
- word usage - Difference between One to One and One on One - English . . .
one-on-one is used to talk about meetings between two people When there is a discussion we can call it a one-on-one discussion; as an alternative for a face to face confrontation and in interviews (quite often political ones on TV)
- in class one, grade one - WordReference Forums
As we has only one class per year, a single number (no letter) sufficed As soon as I moved to secondary school, where we had more than one class in each year group, each class was known by a number (for the year) and a letter
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