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Jenthecute

#202697 Fri, 03 Mar 06 03:10 AM

Is 'the' needed after 'one of' phrases ALL THE TIME?? (except 'you, them...and so on)

for example: one of them, one of you ('the' not needed)

Thank you in advance!

Jenthecute

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Grammar Geek

#202699 Fri, 03 Mar 06 03:15 AM

You can also say something like "one of several species" or "one of my best friends."

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

paco2004

#202704 Fri, 03 Mar 06 03:33 AM

You can say also "one of my friends", "one of such persons", "one of these persons", "one of two ways", "one of many books" etc.. But please note the common construct is "one of <determiner> + <pl. noun>". Even when you can define easily the things, you have to put any determiner. (EX) "one of the top three car makers in the US", "one of my parents".

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In Japan today even dogs are learning how to bow-wow in English.

Nouns, Determiners

Danyoo

#202723 Fri, 03 Mar 06 04:57 AM

If your sentence contains the superlative, then you must use 'the.'

-Korea has one of the best soccer teams in Asia.
-Samsung is one of the largest semiconductor makers in the world.
-Mary is one of the smartest students at her school.