yours vs. your ones
There is just one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours.
There is more than one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours / like your
ones
I have seen "yours" being used when referring to more than one, so I guess it is not incorrect. But isn't it more idiomatic, or more acceptable in academic texts, to use "your ones" instead?
word-choice possessives
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There is just one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours.
There is more than one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours / like your
ones
I have seen "yours" being used when referring to more than one, so I guess it is not incorrect. But isn't it more idiomatic, or more acceptable in academic texts, to use "your ones" instead?
word-choice possessives
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
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No, "your ones" sounds strange and rather barbarous to me. I would never use it in any capacity, much less in an academic text
– Robusto
yesterday
"Your ones" is not idiomatic English. Instead, one would be explicit: "... like [some/several/many/most/all] of yours."
– remarkl
yesterday
Yours is a pronoun commonly used for both singular and plural subjects. There is nothing unidiomatic about it.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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There is just one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours.
There is more than one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours / like your
ones
I have seen "yours" being used when referring to more than one, so I guess it is not incorrect. But isn't it more idiomatic, or more acceptable in academic texts, to use "your ones" instead?
word-choice possessives
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
There is just one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours.
There is more than one comment by Jim on Alan's question. Alan to Jim: Some comments are just irrelevant, like yours / like your
ones
I have seen "yours" being used when referring to more than one, so I guess it is not incorrect. But isn't it more idiomatic, or more acceptable in academic texts, to use "your ones" instead?
word-choice possessives
word-choice possessives
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
asked yesterday
JooyaJooya
7961238
7961238
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No, "your ones" sounds strange and rather barbarous to me. I would never use it in any capacity, much less in an academic text
– Robusto
yesterday
"Your ones" is not idiomatic English. Instead, one would be explicit: "... like [some/several/many/most/all] of yours."
– remarkl
yesterday
Yours is a pronoun commonly used for both singular and plural subjects. There is nothing unidiomatic about it.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
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No, "your ones" sounds strange and rather barbarous to me. I would never use it in any capacity, much less in an academic text
– Robusto
yesterday
"Your ones" is not idiomatic English. Instead, one would be explicit: "... like [some/several/many/most/all] of yours."
– remarkl
yesterday
Yours is a pronoun commonly used for both singular and plural subjects. There is nothing unidiomatic about it.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
1
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No, "your ones" sounds strange and rather barbarous to me. I would never use it in any capacity, much less in an academic text
– Robusto
yesterday
No, "your ones" sounds strange and rather barbarous to me. I would never use it in any capacity, much less in an academic text
– Robusto
yesterday
"Your ones" is not idiomatic English. Instead, one would be explicit: "... like [some/several/many/most/all] of yours."
– remarkl
yesterday
"Your ones" is not idiomatic English. Instead, one would be explicit: "... like [some/several/many/most/all] of yours."
– remarkl
yesterday
Yours is a pronoun commonly used for both singular and plural subjects. There is nothing unidiomatic about it.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
Yours is a pronoun commonly used for both singular and plural subjects. There is nothing unidiomatic about it.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
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No, "your ones" sounds strange and rather barbarous to me. I would never use it in any capacity, much less in an academic text
– Robusto
yesterday
"Your ones" is not idiomatic English. Instead, one would be explicit: "... like [some/several/many/most/all] of yours."
– remarkl
yesterday
Yours is a pronoun commonly used for both singular and plural subjects. There is nothing unidiomatic about it.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday