2011/6/11 Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk>: > 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'. > > > -- > Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk
Anthony You might mean USian, it seems that in Canada is usually used. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktikkkta+cybgfxtt52pg8f_f2so...@mail.gmail.com
