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That's correct usage of "one." Darth_Katie Send a noteboard - 29/09/2009 03:52:36 PM
I'll buy one.
The first one is mine.
One of the boxes is missing.
They love one another.

It sounds pretentious to one's ears when used impersonally, but if it's part of a character's thinking or speech maybe that is the intended effect.


", no matter how one's pride or one's skin burned."

Also most of Cadsuane's dialogue from TFS


Fire&Spirit is right: it sounds pretentious but it's grammatically correct.
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Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. *NM* Cannoli - 28/09/2009 07:33:19 PM 555 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Fire&Spirit - 28/09/2009 08:09:13 PM 585 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:59:59 PM 576 Views
That's correct usage of "one." Darth_Katie - 29/09/2009 03:52:36 PM 671 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. longman - 28/09/2009 08:11:04 PM 511 Views
Okay, PERSONAL pronoun, then. *NM* Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:56:43 PM 197 Views
One disagrees with you *NM* rAndy aL - 29/09/2009 07:50:51 AM 180 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Gerbeaud - 30/09/2009 06:44:29 PM 591 Views
One is whatever one wants to be... *NM* fionwe1987 - 30/09/2009 10:23:43 PM 168 Views
One does not simply walk into Mordor. *NM* Bigerich - 01/10/2009 12:08:39 AM 171 Views
Haha *NM* Corwin - 01/10/2009 02:19:13 AM 401 Views
British author. American continuing an American's work...no. *NM* Cannoli - 01/10/2009 05:15:19 AM 178 Views
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