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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 600 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Fire&Spirit - 28/09/2009 08:09:13 PM 703 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:59:59 PM 692 Views
That's correct usage of "one." Darth_Katie - 29/09/2009 03:52:36 PM 790 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. longman - 28/09/2009 08:11:04 PM 627 Views
Okay, PERSONAL pronoun, then. *NM* Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:56:43 PM 243 Views
One disagrees with you *NM* rAndy aL - 29/09/2009 07:50:51 AM 226 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Gerbeaud - 30/09/2009 06:44:29 PM 703 Views
One is whatever one wants to be... *NM* fionwe1987 - 30/09/2009 10:23:43 PM 212 Views
One does not simply walk into Mordor. *NM* Bigerich - 01/10/2009 12:08:39 AM 216 Views
Haha *NM* Corwin - 01/10/2009 02:19:13 AM 454 Views
British author. American continuing an American's work...no. *NM* Cannoli - 01/10/2009 05:15:19 AM 218 Views
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