ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: one

roccololipop — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:06:45 GMT

Thanks very much, Clive. That was really helpful.

Re: one

Clive — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:47:58 GMT

Hi,
The way people talked in the twenties, thirties, and wasn’t that much different from today. As a matter of fact you’ll see a number of the same words used today. Of course speech patterns change from town to town, state to state and country to country. But one that’s stayed the same all through the decades, although different, is fads and the use of slang.

What does "one" refer to? Is it gramatically correct? (I have some doubts because I looked for a singular noun the pronoun "one" may stand for but I couldn't find any). What do you think?
'One' here is a noun, not a pronoun. eg There are 6 balls. One is red.

In your paragraph, 'one' means 'a speech pattern'.
ie . . . speech patterns change . . . one that's stayed the same . . is . . .

Best wishes, Clive

one

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:14:37 GMT

The way people talked in the twenties, thirties, and wasn’t that much different from today. As a matter of fact you’ll see a number of the same words used today. Of course speech patterns change from town to town, state to state and country to country. But one that’s stayed the same all through the decades, although different, is fads and the use of slang.

What does "one" refer to? Is it gramatically correct? (I have some doubts because I looked for a singular noun the pronoun "one" may stand for but I couldn't find any). What do you think?