1.181 'the' with numbers

'The' can also be used with the 'one' and 'ones', which then function as headwords and are usually modified or qualified.

• I'm going to have the green one.
• The shop was different from the ones I remembered.
• ...a pair of those old glasses, the ones with those funny square lenses.

'The' can also be used with other numbers.

• It is a mistake to confuse the two.
• Why is she so different from the other two?

See paragraphs 2.225 to 2.256 for more information about numbers.