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These ones/ those ones

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biryani · 28/02/2013 21:49

I keep hearing this and it really grates on me. Is it incorrect, though, or just clumsy English?

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tak1ngchances · 28/02/2013 21:49

What would you say instead?

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CatWithKittens · 01/03/2013 10:40

tak1ngchances -
How about simply "these" or "those"?

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somebloke123 · 01/03/2013 11:05

I think clumsy rather than actually incorrect. "These" or "those" are enough by themselves.

At least better than saying "them ones" though, as in Glenn Hoddle's "I never said them things".

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Happygirl77 · 09/03/2013 20:30

It's incorrect (tautologous) - these or those suffices.

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