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- Difference between hundred, a hundred, and one hundred?
Regarding one hundred or a hundred etc, the person saying that there is a difference is right - one is used more for precision but a is more common and employed
- the first one is the a better option | WordReference Forums
But one could say in this case: I think the first one is a good option Right? Imagine now, there are three options to choose Then, one could say: I think the first one is a better option, but the second one is the best (option) Am I right?
- 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 (2007) [combined snippets]: The full phrase is actually " Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one "
- in class one, grade one - WordReference Forums
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 known by a number (for the year) and a letter
- Which came first when saying numbers: one hundred AND one or one . . .
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 "one hundred one", etc) I believe most other English speaking countries say the "and" Which version was used first?
- On one hand or on the one hand? - WordReference Forums
Here 'one hand' introduces hands into the conversation, so when you get to the other one, it's the other one because we're already talking about hands However, I then checked the numbers, and it appears 'on the one hand' is much more common than 'on one hand'
- 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 often political ones on TV)
- one or more people - WordReference Forums
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? Would you prefer an alternate way of saying this, such as "one person or more"? [This sounds quite awkward to
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