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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
If using one in the sentence is it a you implied subject?
One should slow down and observe the people around them when they go shopping. It might be interesting to see if one can identify the careless shopper, the target shopper, the coupon shopper and the average shopper.
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Hi, One should slow down and observe the people around them when they go shopping. It might be interesting to see if one can identify the careless shopper, the target shopper, the coupon shopper and the average shopper. Both 'one' and 'you' really refer to 'people in general'.
- Hi, One should slow down and observe the people around them when they go shopping.
- It might be interesting to see if one can identify the careless shopper, the target shopper, the coupon shopper and the average shopper.
- Both 'one' and 'you' really refer to 'people in general'.
- If you use 'one', try not to switch to 'their'.
- eg 'One should brush one's teeth every morning' and not 'One should brush their teeth every morning'.
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Hi,
One should slow down and observe the people around them when they go shopping. It might be interesting to see if one can identify the careless shopper, the target shopper, the coupon shopper and the average shopper.
Both 'one' and 'you' really refer to 'people in general'.
If you use 'one', try not to switch to 'their'.
eg 'One should brush one'
One should slow down and observe the people around them when they go shopping. It might be interesting to see if one can identify the careless shopper, the target shopper, the coupon shopper and the average shopper.
Both 'one' and 'you' really refer to 'people in general'.
If you use 'one', try not to switch to 'their'.
eg 'One should brush one'
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