"There is/are more than one". What's the difference?
More than one man is still in the house. Could this is be explained by the immediate precedence of one man? It is conceivable that the singular number of one man leads us to an anacoluthon in the next …
not one of them VS. no one of them. | WordReference Forums
Feb 22, 2008 · You can say not one of them (meaning not even a single one of them), or none of them, or possibly neither of them (if only two people are involved). "No one of them" is not grammatical.
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 …
One of those people who < singular or plural verb?>
Jun 22, 2015 · 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.
Which came first when saying numbers: "one hundred AND one" or …
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 …
A word or phrase to describe "one plus one more than two"?
Jan 7, 2009 · 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 …
word usage - Difference between 'One to One' and 'One on One'
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 …
one or more people - WordReference Forums
Aug 3, 2014 · 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? …
anyone vs someone. Which one? - English Language Learners Stack …
Has someone seen my bag? Has anyone seen my bag? Which one is grammatically correct and Why? Which one should I use at this place? Can you give some more examples?
in class one, grade one - WordReference Forums
Oct 17, 2019 · 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 …