THESE | THOSE ONES

Point 73 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

‘these ones’, ‘those ones’ as a substitute for plural countable nouns which have already been mentioned or are obvious from the context.

A look for * * these|those ones * * in the iWeb corpus:

1 ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE YOU 29

  The Australian Financial Review
Bidder who doesn’t bid saves day for vendor
It’s one of those ones where you need to do the kitchen, bathroom, rip out the flooring, going to take the render off and restore it to its original …
Mar 2, 2020

2 ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE IT 21
3 TO ADD THESE ONES TOO ! 20
4 ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT I 11
5 ABOVE OR THESE ONES BELOW . 10
6 DRAWN TO THOSE ONES THAT AI 10
7 ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE THE 10
8 , BUT THESE ONES ARE THE 9
9 ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE I 9
10 RUN THEN THESE ONES ARE FOR 9



A search on iWeb for plural nouns _nn2 up to 5 spaces to the left of these|those ones: did not really find the types of results as hoped in Google search anyway.

1 GAMES 37
2 BOOTS 31
3 THINGS 31
4 SHOES 23
5 OTHERS 21
6 PICTURES 21
7 WORDS 21
8 CARDS 19


KIDS

  Metro
The best advent calendars for children in 2020
While you might be able to pick up a classic chocolate filled calendar in the supermarket, these ones are all a little different. From toys to books, …
*However ‘these’ doesn’t refer to kids. (none of the google news results did)

10 BOOKS 18
11 IMAGES 17


PRODUCTS

  NDTV
7 Harmful Ingredients In Cosmetics And Beauty Products: These Beauty Ingredients Can Be Dangerous For Your Skin And Health
 … that it isn’t jam-packed with harmful ingredients like these ones.
*not in the same sentence but quite obvious.

13 MODELS 16
14 STORIES 16
15 FRIENDS 15
16 LINKS 15
17 PHOTOS 15
18 GLASSES 14
19 PATTERNS 14
20 POTATOES 14

B1 vocabulary: kids, links, patterns, products


 

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