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on one hand vs in one hand

The correct phrase is 'on one hand.' 'On one hand' is a common expression used to introduce one side of an argument or comparison. 'In one hand' is not a standard English phrase and would be considered incorrect.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 976 views

on one hand

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce one side of an argument or comparison, followed by 'on the other hand' to introduce the opposing side.

Examples:

  • On one hand, I want to go out with my friends. On the other hand, I have a lot of work to do.
  • On one hand, the new policy will benefit employees. On the other hand, it may increase costs for the company.
  • And afterwards we convened at the President's House with Dr. Robicsek on one hand, Mr. Milliken on the other.
  • I mean, on one hand I feel relieved, you know.
  • All right, on one hand, you got Ruby, who wants to bring chain stores and make this town into a commercial hub.
  • It has also been the source of tremendous disagreement between the fishermen, on one hand, and the scientists, on the other.
  • I mean, on one hand, you look at him, and he seems so awful and cruel.
  • However, two questions have to be borne in mind: on one hand, that the system proposed has a general scope for all farm products.
  • So, we have to find a balance that will suit the fishermen and the industry on one hand and the scientists on the other.
  • In the cleantech industry there is a need to bridge the gap between the USA and China, on one hand, and the EU, on the other.
  • Okay, then how about the fact that on one hand, we have paranoid psychosis... but the autopsy protocol says what?
  • Heatwaves and droughts on one hand, directly from the warming, but also, because a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor with its latent energy, rainfall will become in more extreme events.
  • · on one hand to ensure a more efficient use of the EURODAC database by:
  • Could you have a stone-cold killer on one hand... and a thoughtful man with a conscience on the other?
  • My final comment is to note with you that, in this crisis, everyone believed that there would be two channels for transmitting the crisis, the complex financial markets on one hand and, on the other, the real economy.
  • Given the very broad range of issues and interactions that are implied in the relations between science and technology, on one hand, and the broader community, on the other, these considerations must be integrated within all areas of activity of the framework programme.
  • Yes, God, of course he is. That's why the whole thing is so difficult, Because on one hand, he's a such an important part of my life, and then he's also my...
  • [Chuckles] You know, on one hand, I can't believe you're being so nice to me, but on the other hand, that's the Gunnar I remember the most.
  • You know, I can count on one hand the number of people...
  • We have spiraling inflation on one hand And contracting credit on the other.
  • And he only had three fingers on one hand.
  • He's also missing two fingers on one hand.

in one hand

This phrase is not a standard English expression.

  • Turn the vial and the syringe upside down in one hand.
  • Well, carrot in one hand, stick in the other.
  • You can hold in one hand everything you need to bring humanity to its knees.
  • Hold the vial and syringe in one hand and turn the vial and the syringe upside down (4).
  • The other day, he was carrying five elephants in one hand.
  • Do that thing where you hold three bells in one hand...
  • You'll be eating yourself to toast in one hand, a meatball in the other.
  • You know... Twizzler in one hand. Liam Neeson in the other.
  • Measuring the dose of IntronA from the reconstituted powder for injection Turn the vial and the syringe upside down in one hand.
  • Well, carrot in one hand, stick in the other. That's a hard way to come at them.
  • One fighter in his 70s has a sword in one hand, walking stick in the other.
  • You would come over after I got out of class, bag of food in one hand and that notebook in the other.
  • I once saw him lose an entire building in one hand.
  • With her suitcase in one hand and her sacrifice in the other.
  • We can't even afford the lawyer on those bus ads who has a gavel in one hand and a chicken in the other.
  • His arms were outstretched, and in one hand, he carried a ball of flaming snow.
  • She's a pile of dust. I can hold her in one hand.
  • You got a briefcase in one hand, sawed-off shotgun in the other.
  • Last time I saw you, you had a grenade launcher in one hand... and an M-16 in the other.
  • Now, don't forget, the rose in one hand and the whip in the other.

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