Tham khảo tài liệu 'longman english grammar practice_3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 4 Pronouns One One and you LEG Study We use one as a pronoun meaning everyone anyone to refer to people in general only when we want to be formal. In everyday speech we use you in an informal way to mean everyone anyone . Compare A Is it easy to go camping in this country B Yes but one isn t allowed to camp where one likes. One can only use camp-sites. or Yes but you aren t allowed to camp where you like. You can only use camp-sites. Don t use one one s your and oneself yourself unless you want to sound formal. Write Rewrite this paragraph so that it sounds informal . Use you. The moment one gets into the mountains one is on one s own. One has to rely on oneself for everything. This means one has to carry all one s own food though of course one can get pure drinking water from mountain streams. One won t see any local people for days at a time so one can t get help if one s lost. One has to do one s best to find sheltered places to spend the night. . Ihfk. .ffWP WT t . Itfru . . . One and ones in place of countable nouns Use this clean one LEG Study 1 We can t use an adjective on its own in place of a singular countable noun. We must use a noun after an adjective or we must use one to avoid repeating the noun Dont use that cloth. Use this clean one. Not Use this clean. 2 We use ones to avoid repeating a plural countable noun I don t want to wear my old shoes. I want to wear my new ones. Not wear my new 3 We can use one and ones for people as well as things Do you know John Smith Jane Smith - Is he she the one who phoned last night Do you know the Smiths - Are they the ones who used to live in this house 4 We do not use one in place of an uncountable noun. We repeat the noun or use no noun at all Don t use that milk. Use this fresh milk. Or Use this fresh. Not this fresh one Write Supply one or ones where necessary. 1 Have you met our new secretary - Is she .who joined us last week 2 You know the man I mean the .who lent you 50.
