You are one or you are a one, which one is correct?
Should I use 'a' before the word 'one'? Is it grammatically correct?
For example:
There are many intelligent people, tell me if you are one.
There are many intelligent people, tell me if you are a one.
Which one is correct?
Also same question arises when I try to say something like "I am (a) one"
Solution 1:
"You are one [of them]" - of a type of person previously mentioned. This is standard English.
"You are a one!" (without any previous mention of a type of person) is a rather old-fashioned British expression of amused reproach. See https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/you-are-he-is-a-one