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<p>这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一</p>
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<p>It is not a faulty sentence</p>
<p>&quot;The books&quot; belong to a single collection containing many items. Likewise, if I own three cars, I can say that these cars are <strong>part</strong> of my most prized possessions (all three cars are part of a collection)</p>
<p>之一 (one of) --&gt; 的一部分 (a part of)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>No, the sentence is fine. I think we do the same in English.</p>
<p>The translation of '之一' with 'among' is idiomatic.</p>
<p>一个15岁的女孩是受伤人员之一。<br />
A fifteen year old girl was among the injured.<br />
A fifteen year old girl was one of the injured.</p>
<p>my possessions = [my cat, my books, my paintings, my Chinese scrolls]</p>
<p>I understand 这些书 as logically a group, 1 group of things. I see no reason to insist that a possession must be a singular object.</p>
<p>这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一。<br />
These books [plural] are still one [1 possession] of my most precious possessions.</p>
<p>Alternatives:<br />
*Each of these books is still one of my most precious possessions.??<br />
*Each of these books is still among my most precious possessions.??</p>
<p>Why not group all the books if they have common element, i.e. being a precious possession?</p>

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Pedroski
<p>This sentence can be found in a few places online (e.g. <a href="https://www.sohu.com/a/374999698_99918196" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>):</p>
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<p>这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一。<br />
These books are still among my most treasured possessions.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://youdao.com/result?word=%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E4%B9%A6%E4%BB%8D%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF%E6%88%91%E6%9C%80%E7%8F%8D%E8%B4%B5%E7%9A%84%E8%B4%A2%E4%BA%A7%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80%E3%80%82&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YouDao</a> says this sentence came from 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》 although I didn't find it <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/zh/dictionary/chinese-english/%E7%8F%8D%E8%B4%B5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
<p>I feel like this sentences has a grammar error, since 这些 implies more than one, whereas 之一 implies exactly one, an apparent contradiction.  However, there are occasional instances where Chinese is a bit illogical (e.g. 好容易 = 好不容易), so maybe I'm being too pedantic.</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is 这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一 considered a faulty sentence because of 这些……是……之一?</p>

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Although I'm against the use of 之一, its use here is not grammatically  faulty. Here, 之一 means one of my valuable possessions. It doesn't refer to books.
joehua
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Yes, the speaker has many treasured possessions, and these books are one amongst them.
Wayne Cheah
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Something like all the people in a small state can have only one vote for electing the president.
NanningYouth
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Is 这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一 considered a faulty sentence because of 这些……是……之一?
# Is 这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一 considered a faulty sentence because of 这些……是……之一?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-13)

This sentence can be found in a few places online (e.g. [here](https://www.sohu.com/a/374999698_99918196)):

> 这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一。  
> These books are still among my most treasured possessions.

[YouDao](https://youdao.com/result?word=%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E4%B9%A6%E4%BB%8D%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF%E6%88%91%E6%9C%80%E7%8F%8D%E8%B4%B5%E7%9A%84%E8%B4%A2%E4%BA%A7%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80%E3%80%82&lang=en) says this sentence came from 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》 although I didn't find it [here](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/zh/dictionary/chinese-english/%E7%8F%8D%E8%B4%B5).

I feel like this sentences has a grammar error, since 这些 implies more than one, whereas 之一 implies exactly one, an apparent contradiction. However, there are occasional instances where Chinese is a bit illogical (e.g. 好容易 = 好不容易), so maybe I'm being too pedantic.

**Question**: Is 这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一 considered a faulty sentence because of 这些……是……之一?

**Tags:** grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Although I'm against the use of 之一, its use here is not grammatically  faulty. Here, 之一 means one of my valuable possessions. It doesn't refer to books.  
> **username_2**: Yes, the speaker has many treasured possessions, and these books are one amongst them.  
> **username_3**: Something like all the people in a small state can have only one vote for electing the president.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2024-03-13. Score: 1

> 这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一

It is not a faulty sentence

"The books" belong to a single collection containing many items. Likewise, if I own three cars, I can say that these cars are **part** of my most prized possessions (all three cars are part of a collection)

之一 (one of) --> 的一部分 (a part of)


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### Answer by username_5 on 2024-03-13. Score: 0

No, the sentence is fine. I think we do the same in English.

The translation of '之一' with 'among' is idiomatic.

一个15岁的女孩是受伤人员之一。  
A fifteen year old girl was among the injured.  
A fifteen year old girl was one of the injured.

my possessions = [my cat, my books, my paintings, my Chinese scrolls]

I understand 这些书 as logically a group, 1 group of things. I see no reason to insist that a possession must be a singular object.

这些书仍然是我最珍贵的财产之一。  
These books [plural] are still one [1 possession] of my most precious possessions.

Alternatives:  
\*Each of these books is still one of my most precious possessions.??  
\*Each of these books is still among my most precious possessions.??

Why not group all the books if they have common element, i.e. being a precious possession?


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