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.
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
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