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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 611 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Fire&Spirit - 28/09/2009 08:09:13 PM 733 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:59:59 PM 723 Views
That's correct usage of "one." Darth_Katie - 29/09/2009 03:52:36 PM 818 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. longman - 28/09/2009 08:11:04 PM 657 Views
Okay, PERSONAL pronoun, then. *NM* Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:56:43 PM 254 Views
One disagrees with you *NM* rAndy aL - 29/09/2009 07:50:51 AM 236 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Gerbeaud - 30/09/2009 06:44:29 PM 733 Views
One is whatever one wants to be... *NM* fionwe1987 - 30/09/2009 10:23:43 PM 222 Views
One does not simply walk into Mordor. *NM* Bigerich - 01/10/2009 12:08:39 AM 227 Views
Haha *NM* Corwin - 01/10/2009 02:19:13 AM 469 Views
British author. American continuing an American's work...no. *NM* Cannoli - 01/10/2009 05:15:19 AM 225 Views
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