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arthurvv vart

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Sep 21, 2021, 6:45:01 PM9/21/21
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1) Any one of them who finishes their work on time will get a raise.

Could that sentence be used if the speaker thinks it is possible that more than one of them will finish their work on time?
Could it be used if the speaker knows that more than one of them will finish their work on time?

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Peter T. Daniels

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Sep 22, 2021, 8:18:54 AM9/22/21
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On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 6:45:01 PM UTC-4, arthurvv vart wrote:

> 1) Any one of them who finishes their work on time will get a raise.
>
> Could that sentence be used

No

whoever, whichever of them

> if the speaker thinks it is possible that more than one of them will finish their work on time?
> Could it be used if the speaker knows that more than one of them will finish their work on time?

Why would you use "one," instead of a normal way to say it,
if you didn't want to convey something by using "one"?

Kerr-Mudd, John

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Sep 22, 2021, 2:14:04 PM9/22/21
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 05:18:51 -0700 (PDT)
"Peter T. Daniels" <gram...@verizon.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 6:45:01 PM UTC-4, arthurvv vart
> wrote:
>
> > 1) Any one of them who finishes their work on time will get a
> > raise.

Well, that sounds a better deal than just an A for handing in a flawless paper.

Bored now.

> >
> > Could that sentence be used
>
> No
>
> whoever, whichever of them
>
> > if the speaker thinks it is possible that more than one of them
> > will finish their work on time? Could it be used if the speaker
> > knows that more than one of them will finish their work on time?
>
> Why would you use "one," instead of a normal way to say it,
> if you didn't want to convey something by using "one"?



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