one of – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Vocabulary Profile, ‘one’ is listed as a determiner at A2 = to refer to a particular person or thing in a group

This is one of the most important documents in history.

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In this context, “one” is used to indicate a particular but unspecified example of something, in this case, a document. It’s part of the phrase “one of the…” which is often followed by a superlative adjective and a plural noun, as in “one of the most important documents.” So, it’s determining or limiting the noun that follows it, which is a key function of determiners in English grammar.

An iWeb search:

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1 . THIS IS ONE OF 50763 2 THIS IS ONE OF 38872 3 . IT IS ONE OF 34196 4 . ” ONE OF 23960 5 . IT ‘S ONE OF 22692 6 , WHICH IS ONE OF 20904 7 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 18333 8 , THIS IS ONE OF 18159 9 . IT WAS ONE OF 17056 10 . ” ONE OF 17032 11 , IT IS ONE OF 12608 12 . HE WAS ONE OF 10971 13 , MAKING IT ONE OF 10953 14 CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF 10461 15 IF YOU ARE ONE OF 9952 16 , IT ‘S ONE OF 9136 17 . HE IS ONE OF 8720 18 , AND IS ONE OF 8343 19 AND THIS IS ONE OF 7852 20 HAS TO BE ONE OF 7693 21 . AS ONE OF 7637 22 IT IS ALSO ONE OF 6987 23 . THIS WAS ONE OF 6763 24 IF YOU ‘RE ONE OF 6284 25 THIS IS JUST ONE OF 6190 26 ) . ONE OF 6158 27 GOING TO BE ONE OF 6040 28 ” THIS IS ONE OF 5990 29 , IT WAS ONE OF 5801 30 . IN ONE OF 5670 31 . THAT ‘S ONE OF 5663 32 AND IT IS ONE OF 5528 33 IN FACT , ONE OF 5503 34 AND IT ‘S ONE OF 4918 35 IT IS ONE OF 4860 36 ” IT ‘S ONE OF 4815 37 HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF 4712 38 IT ‘S ONE OF 4684 39 IT ‘S ALSO ONE OF 4626 40 THAT THIS IS ONE OF 4626 41 IS REGARDED AS ONE OF 4605 42 , WHO WAS ONE OF 4506 43 AS WELL AS ONE OF 4402 44 AND IT WAS ONE OF 4280 45 FOR EXAMPLE , ONE OF 4271 46 OUT TO BE ONE OF 4228 47 , HE WAS ONE OF 4138 48 CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF 4100 49 . HE ‘S ONE OF 4009

50 THIS WAS ONE OF 3985

1 THE MOST IMPORTANT 110018 2 THE MOST POPULAR 80798 3 THE WORLD’S 76426 4 THE MOST COMMON 45080 5 THE BEST WAYS 39919 6 THE THINGS THAT 35290 7 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 23929 8 THE BEST THINGS 23488 9 THE MOST FAMOUS 22063 10 THE MOST POWERFUL 21537 11 THE THINGS I 21289 12 THE FIRST THINGS 21046 13 THE MAIN REASONS 18490 14 THE MOST SUCCESSFUL 17967 15 THE REASONS WHY 17660 16 THEM. 17423 17 THE NATION’S 16942 18 THE FOLLOWING: 16665 19 THE MOST EXCITING 16301 20 THE MOST EFFECTIVE 15937 21 THE FASTEST GROWING 14574 22 THE COUNTRY ‘S 14221 23 THE BEST IN 13850 24 THE REASONS I 13030 25 THE MOST INTERESTING 12744 26 THE FIRST TO 12619 27 THE MOST DIFFICULT 12480 28 THE BEST PLACES 12146 29 THE MOST INFLUENTIAL 12001 30 THE UK ‘S 11565 31 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 11392 32 MY FAVORITE THINGS 10737 33 THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 10276 34 THE LARGEST AND 10059 35 THE CITY’S 9937 36 THOSE THINGS THAT 9843 37 A NUMBER OF 9782 38 THE EASIEST WAYS 9779 39 THOSE PEOPLE WHO 9018 40 THE WORLDS MOST 8981 41 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES 8071 42 THE MOST ICONIC 8026 43 THE REASONS THAT 7975 44 THE THINGS WE 7801 45 THE GREAT THINGS 7667 46 THE MOST UNIQUE 7447 47 THE FOUNDERS OF 7357 48 THE BENEFITS OF 7267 49 THE VERY FEW 6938