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In the cinema task, when Andy Zaltzman said “I couldn’t eat a whole one”, he was, of course, using the word ‘one’ not as a number, but as a ‘proform’.
To quote Susie Dent on this matter: “this is a pronominal use rather than a numerical one."
In the cinema task, when Andy Zaltzman said “I couldn’t eat a whole one”, he was, of course, using the word ‘one’ not as a number, but as a ‘proform’.
To quote Susie Dent on this matter: “this is a pronominal use rather than a numerical one."