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> 大学から歩いてニ十分ぐらいの所に適当 **なの** を見つけた。

What does it mean when なの is used in a sentence like the one above? The を that
comes after it is really throwing me off.

I came across [a similar
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/514/what-exactly-
is-%E3%81%AA%E3%81%AE-nano) on here but all the examples and explanations
relate to なの being used as a way to _end a sentence_. What confuses me the
most is なの in the sentence I came across isn't being used to end it. Should I
just apply the answers provided in the link I found to this sentence or is
there something more to it?

Edit: I was asked to provide more context to the sentence above, so here's the
whole sentence:

> キャンパスの近くには,安くていいアパー卜がなくて、結局、大学から歩いてニ十分ぐらいの所に適当なのを見つけた。
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What happens if なの is used, but not at the end of a sentence?
The を still has the same meaning: it marks the direct object. Are you
comfortable the のを？Probably would help to think of it as the same thing.

既に読んだのを買っちゃいました。 (I bought one I had already read).

The sentence above is saying they found a 適当な所. を is still necessary to mark
the direct object. Think of the の as connecting a な adjective and を. Does that
help?
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It's not なの but adj-な + の

You might remember this construct from your (very) early Japanese lessons:

> 赤いのをください
>
> _Please give me the red **one**._

This is the same, except it's with a 'na-adjective'.

> [簡単]{かんたん}なのをください
>
> _Please give me an easy one._

Hence, 適当なのを見つけた。 means _'I found a suitable one.'_

'In a place twenty minutes' walk away from the university, I found a suitable
one.' We need more context to know what 'one' refers to here.
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