a single vs one single

Both 'a single' and 'one single' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to emphasize the singularity of an item or person.

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a single

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to emphasize the singularity of an item or person. It is often used in phrases like 'a single piece' or 'a single person.'

Examples:

I found a single red rose in the garden.
She is looking for a single book to read.

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Its structure comprises a single alpha helix.
All DEUTZ-FAHR Precision Farming systems are operated using a single monitor.
And a single memorable distracting detail.
Hide a single tree amidst a thousand.
Aged 5,000 years in a single moment...
Quality, best-price and trust in a single product.
Collapsing their economy in a single blow.
13 different strokes in a single device.
Development occurs in a single direction.
Hackers often try a single login attempt per account.
Schwann cells myelinate a single axon.
Bush recorded her vocal in a single take.
This modification introduced a differentiation of taxation within a single sector.
Such dislocation is not necessarily concentrated within a single Member State.
All required information on a single screen.
These both refer to unifying into a single impulse4.
Not a single battery-powered watch leaves our workshops.
There was only a single electromagnetic field.
Recommendations based on a single study.
Some engines use a single carburetor while others have multiple carburetors.

Alternatives:

one single
just one
only one
sole
solitary

one single

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to emphasize the singularity of an item or person. It is often used in phrases like 'one single piece' or 'one single person.'

Examples:

He has only one single chance to win the game.
There is one single cookie left in the jar.

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Time is all one single continuum.
My great-grandfather had one single prized possession:
First, one single substance is applied.
The Nurburgring is basically the whole history of motorsports on one single road.
From serious novelist to cartoon In one single volume.
You can't stick with one single dish.
We could wipe 'em all out in one single move.
Considering we went from Tiffany's to Target in one single night.
Not one single one of them ever shone.
She has one single iota of tenuous power.
You'll not change one single person in this world.
He literally could not think of one single, solitary thing.
There's not one single uni-ball in this entire firm.
1,000 plants growing on one single tree.
There isn't one single truth in all you just said.
But never so many collected in one single room.
Originally, the first three volumes were counted as one single, very lengthy volume.
I never fabricated one single bill,...
One single appliance, one single plug, one single consumer of electricity.
This is the work of the Holy Spirit, uniting us in one single truth, with one single divine criterion and making us all children of the Church.

Alternatives:

a single
just one
only one
sole
solitary

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