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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

why does one use it on public forums?(ghost and Harry)

does one actually teach this writing style?(if yes, why?)

One doesn't, but one has never used it... until now and I feel silly writing it.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Spooky people use it because they are strange.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Does one not agree with one ?

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

One feels confused. One shouldn't flummox the other one...

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

In MY opinion, one can use "one" when talking generally, for example "one finds, when one visits Izmir, that the traffic is terrible....", I might teach this usage. I do not accept, or would ever teach, the usage one sees on this forum where authors use it for their own experience and even refer to themselves as "it".

Discuss.

tvik · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 371 Location: here

one gets highly offended when we cannot use the ROYAL we to talk about one, and by the way the traffic in izmir is certianly NOT horrible... one is highly suspicious about these singularly unsubsiantiated onenesses

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

FGT said