"The other" in my sentence

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Can I use "one" and "the other" to refer to the "living" and "the dead"? The whole passage I provided for additional Context.
"Do you believe in ghosts?" "No, I don't. I have never seen one.In this world we must focus on the living not on the dead. One doesn't interfere with the other anyway."

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I use "one" and "the other" to refer to the "living" and "the dead"? [STRIKE]The whole passage[/STRIKE] I have provided the whole passage for additional context.


"Do you believe in ghosts?"
"No, I don't. I have never seen one. space after a full stop In this world we must focus on the living, not on the dead. The one doesn't interfere with the other anyway."

See my corrections above. Yes, once "the living" and "the dead" have been mentioned, you can call them "The one" and "the other" (I don't know if all variants use "the one" but I do). Bear in mind that it only works in the sentence directly after the actual nouns have been mentioned. Any later than that, and the reader would have trouble remembering or working out what they refer to.

 

[Rachel Adams]

See my corrections above. Yes, once "the living" and "the dead" have been mentioned, you can call them "The one" and "the other" (I don't know if all variants use "the one" but I do). Bear in mind that it only works in the sentence directly after the actual nouns have been mentioned. Any later than that, and the reader would have trouble remembering or working out what they refer to.

So only directly after the nouns have been mentioned. I was writing answers to different questions. If I am not wrong this question is from the same book I mentioned before. The question is "Which is more important: the rights of the dead or the safety of the living people?" After the question I should also use it in the same way. Right? " The one doesn't interfere with the other".

 

[Tdol]

They don't interfere with each other would work IMO.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

So only directly after the nouns have been mentioned. I was writing answers to different questions. If I am not wrong, this question is from the same book I mentioned before. The question is, "Which is more important: the rights of the dead or the safety of [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] living people?"

That's the book's mistake, not yours. It should either be "the safety of the living" or "the safety of living people."

After the question I should also use it in the same way. Right? " The one doesn't interfere with the other".

You used it correctly.