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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 667 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Fire&Spirit - 28/09/2009 08:09:13 PM 857 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:59:59 PM 859 Views
That's correct usage of "one." Darth_Katie - 29/09/2009 03:52:36 PM 955 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. longman - 28/09/2009 08:11:04 PM 787 Views
Okay, PERSONAL pronoun, then. *NM* Cannoli - 28/09/2009 09:56:43 PM 312 Views
One disagrees with you *NM* rAndy aL - 29/09/2009 07:50:51 AM 287 Views
Re: Attention B-Sand! "One" is NOT a pronoun! Thank you. Gerbeaud - 30/09/2009 06:44:29 PM 862 Views
One is whatever one wants to be... *NM* fionwe1987 - 30/09/2009 10:23:43 PM 270 Views
One does not simply walk into Mordor. *NM* Bigerich - 01/10/2009 12:08:39 AM 279 Views
Haha *NM* Corwin - 01/10/2009 02:19:13 AM 527 Views
British author. American continuing an American's work...no. *NM* Cannoli - 01/10/2009 05:15:19 AM 275 Views
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