adjective + ONES – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 50 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as:

premodifiers with ‘ones’, to refer to something in general.

*This is basically the same as B1 point 40.

An iWeb search for:

_JJ ones

1 LOVED ONES 102997 plural noun = people who are members of one’s family or a close friend.

further collocates:

1 YOUR 40404 2 THEIR 28772 3 FRIENDS 8857 4  FAMILY 5795

5  LOST 5053

Many of us have lost family, friends, or loved ones to this horrible disease.

TED

2 NEW ONES 78751 3 LITTLE ONES 58655 4 ONLY ONES 46742 5 GOOD ONES 26844 6 OLD ONES 24098 7 OTHER ONES 16209 8 SMALLER ONES 14377 9 BEST ONES 13085 10 BIG ONES 12780 11 OLDER ONES 10952 12 EXISTING ONES 10809 13 SMALL ONES 9850 14 BAD ONES 9397 15 YOUNG ONES 9348 16 DIFFERENT ONES 8886

17 LARGER ONES 8592

18 LUCKY ONES 6858

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

These lucky ones work for specific purposes and earn money as a side product of their efforts.

Chinese, Male, Level 4, Writing Class.

19 IMPORTANT ONES 6845 20 GREAT ONES 6809 21 YOUNGER ONES 6611 22 BETTER ONES 6583 23 COMMON ONES 6061 24 PREVIOUS ONES 5795 25 RIGHT ONES 5566 26 POPULAR ONES 5299 27 NEWER ONES 5165 28 LARGE ONES 5011 29 MAIN ONES 4728 30 REAL ONES 4247 31 EXPENSIVE ONES 4192 32 BIGGER ONES 3973 33 WHITE ONES 3565 34 CURRENT ONES 3545 35 CHEAP ONES 3350 36 BLACK ONES 3007 37 SIMILAR ONES 2907 38 FREE ONES 2905 39 POSITIVE ONES 2900 40 DEAR ONES 2840 41 ORIGINAL ONES 2819 42 RED ONES 2799 43 MAJOR ONES 2677 44 LATER ONES 2660 45 NEGATIVE ONES 2620 46 RECENT ONES 2524 47 USED ONES 2498 48 EARLIER ONES 2486 49 OBVIOUS ONES 2476 50 GREEN ONES 2306 51 CHEAPER ONES 2186 52 BLUE ONES 2083 53 NICE ONES 2065 54 SIMPLE ONES 1992 55 INTERESTING ONES 1972 56 CHOSEN ONES 1936 57 FRESH ONES 1923 58 LONGER ONES 1911 59 REGULAR ONES 1901 60 LONG ONES 1836 61 SHORT ONES 1806 62 MODERN ONES 1772 63 SPECIFIC ONES 1713 64 CERTAIN ONES 1705 65 WRONG ONES 1690 66 EASY ONES 1688 67 ADDITIONAL ONES 1687 68 EARLY ONES 1653 69 SUCCESSFUL ONES 1642 70 FUTURE ONES 1582 71 TRADITIONAL ONES 1557 72 NORMAL ONES 1556 73 SHORTER ONES 1538 74 MINOR ONES 1499 75 BASIC ONES 1494 76 FAVORITE ONES 1494 77 STANDARD ONES 1494 78 HEALTHY ONES 1487 79 LOWER ONES 1477 80 DIFFICULT ONES 1468 81 DEAD ONES 1385 82 TOP ONES 1353 83 COMPLEX ONES 1334 84 CORRECT ONES 1306 85 BIGGEST ONES 1303 86 SMART ONES 1303 87 WEE ONES 1291 88 REMAINING ONES 1271 89 HOLY ONES 1238 90 TINY ONES 1214 91 WILD ONES 1210 92 NATURAL ONES 1192 93 FAKE ONES 1186 94 YELLOW ONES 1177 95 COLD ONES 1173 96 SPECIAL ONES 1161 97 LOCAL ONES 1119 98 DARK ONES 1115 99 FAMOUS ONES 1080

100 PHYSICAL ONES 1049

A2:
correct, dead, earlier, free, fresh, future, healthy, large, larger, lower, lucky,

modern, negative, normal, popular, real, simple, special, top, wild

B1:
basic, certain, common, existing, local, main, natural, obvious, original, positive,

previous, recent, regular, remaining, similar, smart, successful, tiny, traditional

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

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