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.
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
these are the only ones who benefit
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
it‘s one of the best ones,
and that was probably in day two.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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