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The other (one)

English Language & Usage Asked on October 5, 2021

Page 55 of A Practical English Grammar reads

Normally, other(s) is only used alone if it refers to a noun that has
been mentioned before. An exception is the common plural use of (the)
others
to mean (the) other people, but not *on the phone you can’t see the other.

Would adding one, …you can’t see the other one, solve this supposed ungrammaticality?

OED: One son went to live in Australia and the other one was killed in a car crash

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