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Persona Grata Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

one, one's, oneself's

0One should take care of one's health.02br
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00One should take care of his health.02br
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00One should take care of oneself's health.02br
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00In my book,02br
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00The first sentence is used in British.02br
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00The second one is used in American english.02br
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00but i think the third sentence is correct grammatically.02br
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00Because when the subject and the object is the same person, reflexible pronoun should be used.02br
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00Of course at this sentence the object is :"health" 02br
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00then can't i use oneself's health?02br
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00I think there is a possibility.02br
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00Is it right?02br
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00lz make me confirm~!!0-
  

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12br 12br 10In my book,12br 12br 10The first sentence is used in British. 12font 12br 12br 10The second one is used in American english. 15012font 12br 12br 10but i think the third sentence is correct grammatically.

— Yankee

  • 12br 12br 10In my book,12br 12br 10The first sentence is used in British.
  • 12font 12br 12br 10The second one is used in American english.
  • 15012font 12br 12br 10but i think the third sentence is correct grammatically.
  • 11font 10No, it just sounds odd.
  • 12br 12br 10Of course 11del 10at12del 10 11font 10in12font 10 this sentence the object is :"health" 11font 10Right12font 12br 12br 10then can't 11del 10i12del 10 11font 10I12font 10 use oneself's health?
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01cite10Persona Grata12cite10One should take care of one's health.12br
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10One should take care of his health.12br
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10One should take care of oneself's health.12br
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10The first sentence is used in British. 11font
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01cite10Persona Grata12cite10One should take care of one's health. 11font10Yes, good.12font12br
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10One should take care of his health. 11font10Perhaps Americans do say it, but I (an American) would correct it. Don't mix "one" and "him" in the s
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I like the option of using "oneself's" also. The following is the reasoning on the problem I had with other forms of the word.

I think the English for one-selves needs to be updated to present independent Soul consciousness. I wanted "oneself's" but my computer gave it as an error with "one-selves" as the correct option. I checked on the Internet and I'm not alone on this (see above).
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What about:

One should take care of their health.
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AnonymousWhat about:One should take care of their health.
No
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Can you explain why not please? Emotion: smile

- their
2. Belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified ***
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AnonymousCan you explain why not please?
We would not use the plural 'their' with a singular subject, as in Somebody has left their purse, with the formal 'one'.
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Anonymous- their2. Belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified ***
This is a large bone of contention. 'Their', in spite of its long respectable history as the 3rd person singular pronoun of unspecified ***, still rests uncomfortably with many contemporary authorities in any but the most casual contexts, and the better part of valour is still to re
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Thank you, however I'm still confused as to why we can use singular words like 'somebody' or 'someone' with their.
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Gramur I'm still confused as to why we can use singular words like 'somebody' or 'someone' with their.
You might want to read this, for instance, from the American Heritage Book of English Usage:

The alternative to the masculine generic with the longest and most distinguished history in English is the third-person plural pronoun. Recognized writers
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