determiner + adjective + ONES – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 40 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as:

determiners + premodifers + ‘ones’

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

These are the more common ones around today.

TED

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

(referring to outdoor activities)

I think Bodrum has the best ones.

Turkish, Male, Level 3, Writing Class.

A search in iWeb for:

_A _J ones

1 THE ONLY ONES 45418 A2 limiting

A search for collocates in COCA:

1 ARE 2201 2 WHO 1353 3 WERE 970 4 ‘RE 658

5 BENEFIT 41

After all, 

these are the only ones who benefit 

from this climate crisis,

 right?

TED

This example both pre-modifies and post-modifiers ‘ones‘ which should be considered B2.

2 YOUR LOVED ONES 30909 3 THEIR LOVED ONES 22398 4 THE LITTLE ONES 15037 5 THE OLD ONES 12516

6 THE BEST ONES 12090 superlative

I’m telling you, 

it‘s one of the best ones, 

and that was probably in day two.

TED

7 THE NEW ONES 11316 8 YOUR LITTLE ONES 10473 9 THE OTHER ONES 9128 10 THE GOOD ONES 7704 11 OUR LOVED ONES 6941 12 THE LUCKY ONES 5976 13 THE BIG ONES 5724 14 THE OLDER ONES 5501 15 THE RIGHT ONES 5293 16 THE SMALLER ONES 4442

17 THE MAIN ONES 3760

There are so many reasons why Arabic and Latin are different, but here are some of the main ones.

TED

18 THE YOUNGER ONES 3670 19 THE YOUNG ONES 3659 20 THE BAD ONES 3622 21 MY LOVED ONES 3202 22 THE LARGER ONES 3136 23 THE BETTER ONES 3121 24 THE PREVIOUS ONES 3011 25 THE NEWER ONES 2735 26 HIS LOVED ONES 2619 27 THE SMALL ONES 2381 28 MY LITTLE ONES 2342

29 THE EXISTING ONES 2317

If the existing ones had been moved to the new positions, there wouldn’t have been the need for so many new ones.

thenational.wales

30 THE ORIGINAL ONES 2154 31 THE LOVED ONES 2147 32 THEIR LITTLE ONES 2013 33 THE GREAT ONES 1980 34 THE BIGGER ONES 1841 35 THE REAL ONES 1788 36 OUR LITTLE ONES 1755 37 THE CURRENT ONES 1590 38 THE MAJOR ONES 1467 39 THE LATER ONES 1433 40 THE WRONG ONES 1406 41 THE CHEAP ONES 1372 42 THE EARLIER ONES 1345 43 HER LOVED ONES 1278 44 THE IMPORTANT ONES 1273 45 THE BLACK ONES 1270 46 THE WHITE ONES 1221 47 THE RED ONES 1196

48 THE OBVIOUS ONES 1133

One of the biggest questions that most players have when first starting up a new character, 

aside from the obvious ones, is whether or not the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack is worth it.

gamespot.com

49 THE BIGGEST ONES 1117
50 THE CORRECT ONES 1111

_D _J ones

1 SOME NEW ONES 4047 2 SOME GOOD ONES 2345

3 FEW NEW ONES 1280

I got a few new ones.

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4 THESE LITTLE ONES 1185 5 SOME GREAT ONES 1153 6 ANY NEW ONES 1023

7 FEW GOOD ONES 899

8 MANY GOOD ONES 874 9 THESE NEW ONES 768

10 FEW DIFFERENT ONES 623

11 MANY NEW ONES 586 12 SOME OTHER ONES 573 13 MANY DIFFERENT ONES 549 14 WHOSE LOVED ONES 541 15 ANY GOOD ONES 523 16 SOME OLD ONES 455 17 SOME BAD ONES 435 18 MANY GREAT ONES 426 19 SEVERAL SMALLER ONES 421 20 SOME BIG ONES 415 21 THOSE LITTLE ONES 397 22 SOME SMALLER ONES 354 23 SOME NICE ONES 351

24 SOME COMMON ONES 342

25 SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONES 338 26 ANY OTHER ONES 329 27 MANY SMALLER ONES 311

28 FEW COLD ONES 275

29 SOME OLDER ONES 256

30 FEW BIG ONES 253

31 MANY LOVED ONES 252 32 SEVERAL NEW ONES 235

33 FEW SMALLER ONES 225

34 SOME LITTLE ONES 209

35 FEW LUCKY ONES 208

36 THOSE OTHER ONES 206 37 THESE PARTICULAR ONES 203 38 SOME BETTER ONES 197

39 FEW BAD ONES 195

40 FEW SMALL ONES 195 41 MANY SMALL ONES 191 42 SOME LARGER ONES 180 43 MANY LITTLE ONES 177 44 THESE OTHER ONES 176 45 SOME SMALL ONES 175 46 SEVERAL SMALL ONES 174 47 SOME INTERESTING ONES 167 48 MANY BAD ONES 163 49 MANY OTHER ONES 163

50 FEW OTHER ONES 158

A2:

correct, earlier, few, larger, lucky, real, several

B1:
common, existing, main, obvious, original, particular, previous, whose

B2:
current, major