What does it mean by 'with one'?
I organize IT projects, and hire other companies or individuals to do the work. *With one*, the contractor told me halfway through that it couldn't be done the way I'd planned it, and it would be overdue.
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The sentence is poorly worded. I've read it multiple times and I've gone back and forth as to what "one" refers. I'm going to go with "one" referring to the companies. Here is my reason, we generally speak of working "on" a project and "with" a company. Therefore, I'm going to say "with one" refers to one of the contractors. But it is not clear.
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"With one" is referring to projects.
The writer organizes IT projects.
In that sentence, she's talking about what happened during a specific project.
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It is talking about a specific situation *with one* of the companies that was hired to do work.
1st sentence talked about hiring many companies/individuals
2nd sentence wants to talk about a situation that happened. The situation did not involve all of the companies mentioned in sentence #1, but with just one of those companies.
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