choose one to replace vs choose one to replace it

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Choose one to replace" is used when the object being replaced is clear from the context or has been previously mentioned. On the other hand, "Choose one to replace it" is used when the object being replaced is singular and needs to be explicitly referred to as "it".

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choose one to replace

This phrase is correct and commonly used when the object being replaced is clear from the context or has been previously mentioned.

This phrase is used when the object being replaced is understood from the context or has been mentioned earlier.

Examples:

Please choose one to replace the broken part.
You need to choose one to replace the old battery.

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In addition a Member State may choose to replace a maximum of 10 % of its minimum sample size by testing ovine or caprine animals killed in the framework of a disease eradication campaign over the age of 18 months at the ratio of one to one.
I'll let you choose one to live.
Choose one to die, and save a life.
Get me that flag, and find another one to replace it.
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In the Find & Replace Data dialog, choose one of the following options:
If we do not stand up for the fight against corruption and fraud, there is no one to replace us.
With no one to replace him, Colombia's future was uncertain
It is therefore proposed to replace the reference to 'causes' by one to 'factors'.
By moving Musial to right, they had no one to replace him in left.
So, in order to make the sale, they had to scramble and find a new one to replace it.
I am, then, very glad to learn that the Region of Valencia has revised this law and has already produced a new one to replace it.
Such bias occurs in a price index where it ignores the possibility that when prices of certain items rise, individuals may choose to replace more expensive goods with cheaper ones while still achieving the same level of utility.
So he's been looking for another one to replace them all this time?
So he's been looking for another one to replace them all this time?
Choose one and concentrate in that.
This regulation came to an end on 31 December 1999.By extending this regulation today for a further period of one year, we are also giving the Commission time to prepare a new regulation which I hope will be a multiannual one to replace the existing regulation.
No, come on, choose one of these girls.
If he could only choose one...
Go on, choose one and shoot.

Alternatives:

Choose one to substitute
Select one for replacement

choose one to replace it

This phrase is correct and commonly used when the object being replaced is singular and needs to be explicitly referred to as "it".

This phrase is used when the object being replaced is singular and needs to be explicitly referred to as "it".

Examples:

Please choose one to replace it with a new one.
You need to choose one to replace it before it stops working.

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Get me that flag, and find another one to replace it.
So, in order to make the sale, they had to scramble and find a new one to replace it.
I am, then, very glad to learn that the Region of Valencia has revised this law and has already produced a new one to replace it.
More air poured in to replace it, and the same thing happened.
He didn't even offer to replace it.
I'm working on something to replace it.
...for the short time it will take to replace it.
Maybe a better program is created to replace it.
Invent a craze to replace it.
He managed to replace it in one go.
I just don't have anything to replace it with.
For years the European Union has struggled to replace its existing directive on bathing water, which dates from 1976.
Vacutainer's full.I need to replace it.
Show him just exactly what you plan to replace it with.
He got divorced, spilled wine on the carpeting and didn't care enough to replace it.
When an automatic fuse dies 5 times you have to replace it.
Get another body to replace it.
I haven't been able to replace it yet.
This broke, and we need to replace it.
Now, $200 it costs me to replace it each time.

Alternatives:

Choose one to substitute it
Select one for replacement

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choose one to replace vs choose one to replace it