was the one chosen vs was the one choosing

Both phrases are grammatically correct, but they have different meanings and are used in different contexts. 'Was the one chosen' is used when referring to someone who has been selected or picked by others. 'Was the one choosing' is used when referring to someone who was making a decision or selection.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 897 views

was the one chosen

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to someone who has been selected or picked by others for a particular purpose or role.

Examples:

She was the one chosen to represent the team at the conference.
He was the one chosen for the lead role in the play.

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I was the one chosen, transformed.
I was the one chosen to fight Callisto because if there's anyone mightier than Xena, it's Joxer the Magnificent.
He believed himself worthy of becoming heir to the Demon, but I was the one chosen.
So apparently none of us was the only one chosen.
Indeed, your father competed against me for the throne of Kami, but I was the one who was chosen as successor.
Since I was the one who was chosen to survive I felt like I owed it to them to be doubly brilliant.
Mr Foyle said that it would be OK because I was one of the chosen ones.
I knew that she was the chosen one.
I pass knowing that I was bested by the Chosen One.
Foyle told Myrtle she was one of the 'chosen ones'.
Told you I was one of the chosen people.
If I was one of the chosen few I'd have heard by now.
the demon's visits had begun it believed Sam was the chosen one
I thought it was me at the time, that I was the chosen one, but it was Sarah all along.
Like Tok had said, l was the chosen one and l believed him.
They thought the one chosen should be tall, handsome and clever.
You are the one chosen by the noble Master.
The one chosen by the Austrian State is a strict traditionalist.
Among the ones chosen are some of the most sinister names in the underworld.
The load cases shall be consistent with the ones chosen in Annex C. of this TSI and shall apply for lifting and jacking under workshop and servicing operations.

Alternatives:

was the chosen one
was selected
was picked

was the one choosing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to someone who was making a decision or selection among options.

Examples:

She was the one choosing the color for the walls.
He was the one choosing the menu for the party.

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You're the one choosing to send people out to slaughter when we told you there was trouble.
And there is no one choosing that.
What's more, I'm the one who does the choosing.
I thought Catherine may enjoy choosing one herself.
You can't pick one without choosing the other.
It is already ugly to be seized and chained in a basement, but when the sequestrator asks you for of choosing the one who will be stabbed, i relations are soon put to hard proof.
You can get rid of a picture by selecting another one or choosing a color/ gradient.
Or just one of your choosing.
Choosing one of you, I mean.
I am choosing one of my less painful moments to record these notes.
I've taken the liberty of choosing one, Sister Jude.
Our relationship isn't about choosing one world or another.
So, choosing one winner was just simply impossible.
Or just one of your choosing.
The freedom to run a business in the place of one's choosing is guaranteed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
This does not however prevent us from adopting it and leaving the Council the option of choosing one or the other.
Our relationship isn't about choosing one world or another.
I married one of your choosing to be free to love you.
It is not a matter of choosing one or the other: both are essential.
But you know, if I start picking and choosing which ones to follow, then... the whole thing just falls apart.

Alternatives:

was the decision maker
was making the choice
was selecting

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