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_That diamond is one of world's largest jewels._
As I see it,
1. it's fine there is no "the" preceding 'world's'" in this sentence.
2. it's fine too if there has been "the" there.
3. it's ellipsis not using "the" there.
4. why the ellipsis? Because of the use of "one", (although "one of the world's" is far more common than "one of word's") . What's the reasoning? You say "one boy", and you say "the boy(s)", but you don't usually say "one the boy" and only say "the one boy" for emphasis.
You would then say: yes, determiners "the" and "one" don't normally occur immediately, but "one" in the above example sentence is not a determiner, but a pronoun.
Yes, you are right again. But still, it's the use of "one" that has caused the acceptable ellipsis. Just let's draw an analogy: you say "we could not say much, except TO tell her that her husband had left for NJ", but you say "we could not DO anymore, except (_) help her up the carriage".
Why the ellipsis of "to"? Because you say "do you like apples", but not "do you to like apples". Yes, analogy in language may become illogical, but in English it has produced a lot of phenomena which contain inconsistency or illogicality, but has become established.
5. inconsistency in English grammar and usage is everywhere to sefor example, you say "the Sun", "the Earth", "the Moon", but (no the) "Mars", "Jupiter", "Venus".
Grammar and usage, as every single phenomenon in the world, are theoretically reasonable and explicable. Although some parts or points of them are too intricate to analysize, the explanation for the major parts are accessible, and the process trying to realize it is intersting, exciting and helpful. |
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