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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======'One' as a pronoun====== ========== <html><p><img width="356" height="294" id="1317" style="width: 146px; height: 105px;" alt="London Eye" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1317_97b57cbfe5970e2760ba775b691fbd53.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>On a clear day, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> can see for 25 miles from the top of the London Eye.</strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><br></span></p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'One' can be used as an impersonal pronoun.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><table width="604" style="margin: auto auto auto 12.5pt; border: currentColor; width: 452.95pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="140" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Subject <!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p></td> <td width="155" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.1pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Object</span></b></p></td> <td width="155" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.1pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Possessive</span></b></p></td> <td width="155" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.1pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Reflexive</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="140" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 104.65pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>one</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> has to work hard to succeed.</span></b></p></td> <td width="155" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.1pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>one</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Too much stress can make <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> ill.</span></b></p></td> <td width="155" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.1pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>one's</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> should deal with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one's</span> own problems. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="155" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 116.1pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>oneself</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Success is the result of challenging <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">oneself</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p></html> =====Uses===== <html><table width="621" style="border: currentColor; width: 466.1pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="281" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 210.95pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 16.8pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Uses<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p></td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9cm;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 16.8pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="281" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 210.95pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk in a general, non-specific way about people.</span></b></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Often when giving an opinion on what we believe is true or right.</span></b></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Or when questioning something.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In this country, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> is able to vote at age 18.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> must always be prepared for emergencies.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It makes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> wonder why she married him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> doesn't know what to think about the poverty in that country.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="281" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 210.95pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>As an alternative to 'I'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[<u>very</u> rare - see note 3.<span style="color: red;"> </span>below]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>would be delighted to accept your kind invitation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="281" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 210.95pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In dictionary definitions</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[see note 4. below]</span></b></p></td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9cm; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"to cross <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one's</span> legs"</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"to fold <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one's</span> arms"</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"to brush <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one's</span> hair"</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"to be proud of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">oneself</span>"</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'One' is very formal and is rarely heard in conversation. Even in a formal context, it shouldn't be used too frequently as it can sound very old-fashioned or pompous. There is always an alternative. For example:</span></b></li></ol> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> cannot believe everything <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> reads in the newspapers.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> can't believe everything <u>you</u> read in the papers. [more natural]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> must learn from </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>one's</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> mistakes.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> must learn from <u>our</u> mistakes.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>One</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> should do something about this problem. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Something <u>should be done</u> about this problem. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Nowadays, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> needs a good internet connection if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> wants to play games.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Nowadays, <u>everyone</u> needs a good internet connection if <u>they</u> want to play games.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="2"> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Avoid using it as an indirect object:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></li></ol> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's very gratifying when the company gives prizes to one. </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;'><img width="36" height="37" id="40" style="width: 20px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="3"> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Unless you are a member of the royal family or the nobility DO NOT use 'one' as an alternative to 'I'!</span></b></li></ol> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="4"> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The use of 'one's' and 'oneself' in dictionaries can be misleading. They are intended to be general and you must use the correct pronouns according to the context:</span></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They brushed one's hair. </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;'><img width="36" height="37" id="40" style="width: 20px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'>They brushed <u>their</u> hair. </span></b><img width="38" height="29" id="39" style="width: 25px; height: 18px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'>He's blowing one's nose. </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;'><img width="36" height="37" id="40" style="width: 20px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'>He's blowing <u>his</u> nose. </span></b> <img width="38" height="29" id="39" style="width: 25px; height: 18px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's important for people to respect oneself. </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;'><img width="36" height="37" id="40" style="width: 20px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's important for people to respect <u>themselves</u>. </span></b><img width="38" height="29" id="39" style="width: 25px; height: 18px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's important to respect <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">oneself</span>. </span></b><img width="38" height="29" id="39" style="width: 25px; height: 18px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b> </p></html> ====='They'===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We also use 'they' in a similar way to 'one' in conversation. Its use is similar to the passive because we know who we are talking about so we don't need to specify. It is often used in this kind of sentence when talking about those in authority:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="310" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> really need to do something about the traffic. [the local council]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Something <u>needs to be done</u> about the traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's about time <u>they</u> reduced interest rates. [banks and other financial institutions]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's about time interest rates <u>were reduced</u>.</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> need to improve the existing rail services before spending all that money on a new high speed link. [rail companies, the government, anyone else involved...]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Existing rail services <u>need to be improved</u> before all that money <u>is spent</u> on a new high speed link.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img width="565" height="847" id="3146" style="width: 85px; height: 104px;" alt="children poor asia" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3146_d87b9fa01878ac3d844c0d319dd82215.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"We enjoyed our holiday but the poverty in some areas was very upsetting." </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I know but what can <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one</span> do about it?"</span></b></p> <p><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img width="168" height="169" id="708" style="width: 88px; height: 108px;" alt="detente amis friends relax" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/708_ec85bb63f00c6a09fa1afe5cf07b8855.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Sometimes it's better not to keep <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one's</span> troubles to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">oneself</span> but to share with a friend.</span></span></b></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><img width="283" height="423" id="2902" style="width: 84px; height: 121px;" alt="brush teeth brosser dents matin morning" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2902_32ef247903d63bbcf5b2fbefb3daa4b7.jpg"></strong> <span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>"Se brosser les dents" means "to clean <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">one's</span> teeth".</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><img width="849" height="565" id="3145" style="width: 90px; height: 90px;" alt="rain flood pluie innondation" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3145_ac652088d4dcf10200f604fb301bbed8.jpg"></strong> <strong> <span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Isn't it terrible about all these floods?" </span></strong></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span><strong>"Yes it is - <u>they</u> should be doing more to help the farmers."</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></span></span></b></p><b><b> </b><p><b></b> </p></b></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]