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Lifelong learner Posted 8 years ago
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Can sentences be bound by a possessive determiner

For example, can you write "One often feels agitated when one's status is jeopardized and self-esteem is threatened." without "one's" before "self-esteem"?

  

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" without "one's" before "self-esteem"? " If the terms are used in one phrase, I wouldn't. For example: One often feels agitated when one's status and self-esteem are threatened.

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  • " without "one's" before "self-esteem"?
  • " If the terms are used in one phrase, I wouldn't.
  • For example: One often feels agitated when one's status and self-esteem are threatened.
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lifelong learner

For example, can you write "One often feels agitated when one's status is jeopardized and self-esteem is threatened." without "one's" before "self-esteem"?

For clarity, I would repeat "one's."

If the terms are used in one phrase, I wouldn't. For example:

One often feels agitated when one's status and self-esteem are thre
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