Guest  +  50980 Tue, 19 Oct 04 01:33 AM I've caught myself saying "these one's" a lot. An example would be if I were at work doing some papers and I would say "I'm working on these one's." So which rule am I breaking because it sounds weird. Guest

	Mister Micawber  +  51025 Tue, 19 Oct 04 09:49 AM I don't believe you're breaking any grammar rule, Guest (except for the incorrect apostrophe). 'Which shoes do you like?' 'I like these ones.' If you are writing more formally, however, you may prefer to drop the 'ones' as redundant, since 'I like these' is sufficient. This is a matter of style, however, not correctness. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,507 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Grammar, Apostrophes

	Casi  +  51047 Tue, 19 Oct 04 12:55 PM Ooh. Well, actually, on second look, there are two rules that have been broken: aside from number agreement: "these", a plural demonstrative, modifying "one", a singular noun, there's the apostrophe faux pas: "one's". Your sentence should be: "These ones", without the apostrophe. Casi Joined on Sat, Sep 25 2004 Regular Member 547 Plurals, Nouns, Singular Nouns, Apostrophes