"I like these ones." <--- Is that proper english?
2007-07-13 16:17:25 · 13 answers · asked by Johnny H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yes. It's just pointing at more than one thing. It's just plural to "I like this one."
2007-07-13 16:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't good English. It's like saying: "little small". If the question were, "Do you like these?" you might ask, "which ones?" to which the proper response would be, "These" or "The ones on the left (or right)", but not "these ones".
"When the word 'ones' is preceded by a plural determiner (like these), we usually drop the ones and the determiner turns into a demonstrative pronoun: "Do you want these?"
It seems that it "should" be correct, because you can say "this one", but when it becomes plural, "these" becomes both a noun and a directive. Confusing, huh? Such is English.
2007-07-13 16:28:00 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Proper English would be to just say, "I like these."
2007-07-13 19:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by gma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like these.
That is proper. Leave the "ones" off.
2007-07-13 16:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by dawn_villarruel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. But then, not too many of us speak good English anymore... In FACT, an increasing number of us- don't speak English at ALL ! :0
2007-07-13 16:27:12 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes my daughters teacher says that. My husband goes buggy. Our daughter is in speech class.
2007-07-13 16:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That type of ignorant babbling is common among uneducated southern filth.
2016-05-17 07:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by bernadine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just say "these", you don't need the "ones", these means the ones.
2007-07-13 16:20:00 · answer #8 · answered by ♂ ♫ Timberwolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. the phrase is the plural one for 'this one.' thus:
singular:
i like THIS ONE.
plural:
i like THESE ONES.
2007-07-13 16:42:28 · answer #9 · answered by kahlan nynaeve® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. To say "these ones" is redundant.
2007-07-13 16:27:21 · answer #10 · answered by baciditosca 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋