this one | that one – English Grammar Profiler

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In the sentence “I prefer this apple”, “this” acts like a demonstrative “adjective” because it’s indicating a specific apple that the speaker is referring to. In the sentence “This is my favorite”, “This” is a demonstrative pronoun replacing a noun that has been previously mentioned or understood from the context.

  • “This” is used to refer to a person or thing that is close to the speaker, either physically or in terms of being recently mentioned or thought about. For example, if you are holding a book and want to talk about it, you would say “this book”.
  • “That” can be used to refer to a person or thing that is farther away from the speaker, or something that has not been recently mentioned or thought about. For example, if you are pointing at a book on a shelf across the room, you would say “that book”.

Both “this” and “that” can also be used to refer to situations or experiences. For example, you might say “this is fun” while you’re enjoying an activity, or “that was fun” after the activity has ended.

  • The pronoun ‘one’ is a substitute for a singular noun and also helps avoid repetition. For example, “I prefer the red apple, not the green one”

These can also be combined where ‘this” or “that” act like demonstrative “adjectives” describing the following pronoun “one”:

  • ‘This one’ is used to refer to something that is closer in distance or time (e.g., “I prefer this one” while pointing to a nearby object).
  • ‘That one’ is used to refer to something that is further in distance or time (e.g., “I prefer that one” while pointing to an object further away).

There are two grammar points in the English Grammar Profile’s category of Pronouns at B1 that should be merged into one.

Point 43 ‘this one’, ‘that one’ as a substitute for countable singular nouns that have previously been mentioned.

Point 64 THIS ONE’, ‘THAT ONE’ to refer to a singular countable noun.

Searches in iWeb for:

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1 THIS ONE. 3133 (usually found at the end of a sentence.)

Get a new photo.
You look like a ghost in this one.

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In this case, “this one” is referring to the current photo of the person being spoken to. The speaker is suggesting that the person appears pale or washed out in the current photo, hence the comparison to a ghost, and is recommending that they take a new photo.

2 THIS ONE. I 2464 3 THIS ONE. THE 2166 4 THIS ONE OF A KIND 2052

5 THIS ONE OF THE MOST 1881

6 THIS ONE. IT ‘S 1707

7 THIS ONE IS A BIT 1556

8 THIS ONE.” 1489 9 THIS ONE, BUT I 1478 10 THIS ONE IS A LITTLE 1469 11 THIS ONE IS GOING TO 1317 12 THIS ONE IS FOR YOU 1288 13 THIS ONE OF THE BEST 1210 14 THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION 1194 15 THIS ONE. IT IS 1112

16 THIS ONE. IF YOU 1020

17 THIS ONE, BUT IT 986 18 THIS ONE . I HAVE 973 19 THIS ONE IS THE BEST 904 20 THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 886 21 THIS ONE AS WELL . 836 22 THIS ONE .” 821

23 THIS ONE OUT . 794

24 THIS ONE . THIS 785 25 THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE 763

26 THIS ONE A TRY . 758 

27 THIS ONE IS BY FAR 750

by far B2 by a great amount

28 THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE 749 29 THIS ONE). 742 30 THIS ONE! 723 31 THIS ONE. THIS IS 705 32 THIS ON , AND I 658

33 THIS ONE OUT OF THE 656

34 THIS ONE IS ONE OF 654 35 THIS ONE, IT’S 648 36 THIS ONE . I’M 647

37 THIS ONE IS THE MOST 635

38 THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT 621

39 THIS ONE, HOWEVER , 613

40 THIS ONE. I DO 560 41 THIS ONE. I THINK 556 42 THIS ONE. IT WAS 554 43 THIS ONE: LONG … 547

44 THIS ONE. IF 541

45 THIS ONE IS FOR THE 541 46 THIS ONE, WHICH IS 531 47 THIS ONE. IT 528 48 THIS ONE, AND IT 526 49 THIS ONE. I AM 515

50 THIS ONE!!! 493

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1 , SUCH AS THIS ONE 2113

We asked them to provide information about their campus behavior,

including pretty sensitive questions, such as this one.

Have you ever cheated in an exam?

2 TRUST ME ON THIS ONE 1457 3 . ” THIS ONE 875 4 WITH YOU ON THIS ONE 862 5 , BUT NOT THIS ONE 703 6 . I THINK THIS ONE 647 7 LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE 641 8 I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE 636 9 GO WRONG WITH THIS ONE 546 10 AS GOOD AS THIS ONE 532 11 . I LIKE THIS ONE 522

12 . HOWEVER , THIS ONE 517

13 WITH ME ON THIS ONE 496 14 WANT TO MISS THIS ONE 491 15 DO N’T MISS THIS ONE 462 16 THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE 457 17 . I LOVE THIS ONE 444 18 AS WELL AS THIS ONE 437 19 BUT I THINK THIS ONE 426 20 , I THINK THIS ONE 413 21 I LIKE THIS ONE 410 22 THIS ONE AND THIS ONE 403 23 I LOVE THIS ONE 399 24 ) , BUT THIS ONE 387 25 HAVE TO TRY THIS ONE 381

26 NOT SURE ABOUT THIS ONE 379

27 . I FOUND THIS ONE 373 28 ( SUCH AS THIS ONE 372 29 A LOOK AT THIS ONE 364 30 TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE 361 31 . ” THIS ONE 357

32 COME BACK TO THIS ONE 341

33 VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE 338

34 MISS OUT ON THIS ONE 329

miss out

B2 to not do or have something that you would enjoy or something that other people do or have

35 GOING TO LOVE THIS ONE 325 36 WAIT TO TRY THIS ONE 322 37 BEFORE , BUT THIS ONE 308 38 IT WOULD BE THIS ONE 308 39 . AND THIS ONE 294 40 AS MUCH AS THIS ONE 293 41 , IT ‘S THIS ONE 291 42 I THINK THIS ONE 291 43 ) . THIS ONE 289

44 IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE 282

45 , MAKE IT THIS ONE 275 46 TO SEE HOW THIS ONE 271

47 I CAME ACROSS THIS ONE 266

  • come across SEEM C1
  • come across CLEAR C2
  • come across sb/sth B2

48 BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE 264

49 . BUT THIS ONE 260
50 THE BALL ON THIS ONE 260

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1 THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE 414

I learned the answer to that one the hard way.

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In this case, “that one” is referring to a particular issue or challenge that the speaker encountered and learned from, often through a difficult or painful experience. The phrase “the hard way” typically means learning from direct, personal experience, often involving failure or difficulty. So, the speaker is saying they learned the answer to a particular problem or question through a difficult experience.

2 WITH YOU ON THAT ONE 356
3 GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE 223 4 . ”THAT ONE 222

5 STILL OUT ON THAT ONE 206

6 TRUST ME ON THAT ONE 200

7 NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ONE 154

8 TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE 132 9 NO, NOT THAT ONE 129

10 NOT SURE ON THAT ONE 111

11 N’T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE 100 12 CAME UP WITH THAT ONE 96 13 MY BREATH ON THAT ONE 92 14 TO YOU ON THAT ONE 83 15 WITH ME ON THAT ONE 81 16 WILL TELL ON THAT ONE 79 17 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE 76

18 STILL WORKING ON THAT ONE 74

19 THE BALL ON THAT ONE 71 20 THIS ONE OR THAT ONE 67 21 A LOOK AT THAT ONE 65 22 , BUT NOT THAT ONE 60 23 AS GOOD AS THAT ONE 58 24 DON’T LIKE THAT ONE 56 25 DON’T HAVE THAT ONE 56

26 I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE 56

27 THIS ONE AND THAT ONE 55 28 TO DISAGREE ON THAT ONE 55 29 I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE 53

30 ? YEAH, THAT ONE 53

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*appears mostly at the end of the sentence

1 THAT ONE. I 1052 2 THAT ONE.” 934 3 THAT ONE. 664 4 THAT ONE. THE 527 5 THAT ONE, BUT I 378 6 THAT ONE, TOO . 368 7 THAT ONE.” 297 8 THAT ONE.) 263 9 THAT ONE. IT’S 243

10 THAT ONE. IF YOU 226

11 THAT ONE AS WELL. 217 12 THAT ONE. I HAVE 209 13 THAT ONE. I THINK 207 14 THAT ONE, BUT IT 203 15 THAT ONE. I DO 197 16 THAT ONE . IT WAS 189 17 THAT ONE. I ‘M 178

18 THAT ONE. SO 174

19 THAT ONE. IF 161
20 THAT ONE. IT 153

A2 vocabulary:

across, bit, by, careful, come back, far, forgot, however, if, luck, most, out, so, still, strong, such, sure, try, yeah

B1:

breath, disagree, forward, go wrong, mostly, seems, similar, think of, trust