Re: Linux for humans that differ to averaged people was - Re: Subscription
On 11 Jun 2011, darkestkhan wrote:
>
> Maybe it is time for big revolution in English language of XXI century
> - the revival of pronoun "one".
> For one thing, I'm still encountering pronoun "one", and it is quite
> often, so I wouldn't be so hasty to this judgment of effective death
> (though it may be caused by wandering in strange dark corners of
> Internet).
>
> darkestkhan
I think the avoidance of 'one' is mainly an American usage. In British
English it is used quite frequently, In fact, there is a long-standing
joke about the tendency of members of the Royal Family, especially
Prince Charles, to say 'one' instead of 'I'.
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