which one – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 44 in the category of PRONOUNS/substitution is defined as:

‘one’ after ‘which’ in indirect questions to refer to one of two or more options.

For example:

If I were to show you these two urban scenes, and I were to ask you which one is more beautiful, which one would you say?

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*not all the examples are ‘indirect questions’ in the EGP examples.

A search in iWeb for:

which one * * *

1 WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR 2225 2 WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 1852 3 WHICH ONE IS THE BEST 1729 4 WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR 1458 5 WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE 931 6 WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO 809 7 WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK 735 8 WHICH ONE WORKS BEST FOR 643 9 WHICH ONE IS BETTER ? 633 10 WHICH ONE TO USE . 615 11 WHICH ONE IS IT ? 516 12 WHICH ONE ARE YOU ? 502 13 WHICH ONE IT IS . 491 14 WHICH ONE IS THE MOST 453 15 WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE 429 16 WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE . 426 17 WHICH ONE OF THE TWO 421 18 WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE ? 349 19 WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE , 334 20 WHICH ONE IS THE RIGHT 319 21 WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE 316 22 WHICH ONE IS GOING TO 316 23 WHICH ONE YOU LIKE BEST 312 24 WHICH ONE IS BETTER FOR 306 25 WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE 306 26 WHICH ONE TO BUY . 305 27 WHICH ONE IS BETTER . 300 28 WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RECOMMEND 299 29 WHICH ONE OF THEM IS 283 30 WHICH ONE IS BEST ? 279 31 WHICH ONE TO GET . 270 32 WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT 263 33 WHICH ONE YOU LIKE THE 261 34 WHICH ONE OF THESE IS 259 35 WHICH ONE IT IS , 258 36 WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE 257 37 WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU CHOOSE 254 38 WHICH ONE WILL BE THE 252 39 WHICH ONE DO YOU PREFER 250 40 WHICH ONE OR MORE OF 234 41 WHICH ONE TO GO WITH 226 42 WHICH ONE IS BEST . 224 43 WHICH ONE BEST SUITS YOUR 222 44 WHICH ONE IS WHICH . 222 45 WHICH ONE TO GO FOR 222 46 WHICH ONE IT WAS . 209 47 WHICH ONE YOU PREFER . 206 48 WHICH ONE SHOULD I USE 205 49 WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVOURITE 204

50 WHICH ONE IS CORRECT ? 202

1 DO N’T KNOW WHICH ONE 1347 2 TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE 1266 3 TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE 912 4 DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE 740 5 DO NT KNOW WHICH ONE 726 6 CA N’T REMEMBER WHICH ONE 600

7 ‘M NOT SURE WHICH ONE 537

8 IF SO , WHICH ONE 524 9 DOES N’T MATTER WHICH ONE 460 10 LET US KNOW WHICH ONE 444

11 HELP YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE 381

12 YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICH ONE 310

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

Come and try their hamburgers,

then you can choose which one is special for you and know why I said that.

Spanish, Female, Level 3, Writing Class.

13 LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE 285 14 . NO MATTER WHICH ONE 283 15 , DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE 247 16 YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH ONE 238 17 DO N’T REMEMBER WHICH ONE 236

18 . NOT SURE WHICH ONE 215

19 AM NOT SURE WHICH ONE 214 20 . SO WHICH ONE 207 21 AND FIND OUT WHICH ONE 205 22 , AND SEE WHICH ONE 200 23 TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH ONE 199 24 DOES NT MATTER WHICH ONE 196 25 , NO MATTER WHICH ONE 190 26 THE EXTENT TO WHICH ONE 190 27 CA N’T DECIDE WHICH ONE 181 28 YOU TO DECIDE WHICH ONE 179 29 HARD TO KNOW WHICH ONE 178 30 AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE 177 31 HAVE NO IDEA WHICH ONE 170

32 IM NOT SURE WHICH ONE 160

33 DO I KNOW WHICH ONE 154 34 SO , WHICH ONE 154 35 A SITUATION IN WHICH ONE 153 36 WANT TO KNOW WHICH ONE 149 37 CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE 144 38 UP TO YOU WHICH ONE 142 39 DO NOT KNOW WHICH ONE 139 40 DO YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE 134 41 YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH ONE 134 42 DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHICH ONE 132

43 ( NOT SURE WHICH ONE 129

44 BUT NOT SURE WHICH ONE 126
45 ‘RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE 125 46 HARD TO DECIDE WHICH ONE 123 47 YOU CAN SEE WHICH ONE 121 48 DID N’T KNOW WHICH ONE 118 49 THE WAY IN WHICH ONE 116

50 . SO , WHICH ONE 115

A2:

correct, decide, following, guess, idea, if, let, matter, most, out, prefer, should, so, suits, sure, trying, way

B1:
depending on, figure, recommend, situation