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Which is why, despite its formal awkwardness, we have the option of the indefinite personal pronoun "one": "If one thinks the the primary problem in payments i
by scoot 14y ago
Which is why, despite its formal awkwardness, we have the option of the indefinite personal pronoun "one":
"If one thinks the the primary problem in payments is technical [one is mastaken]".
Personally I prefer the less formal compromise of "someone" (or "somebody", "anyone", "anybody" etc. with the choice depending on context and meaning):
""If anyone thinks the the primary problem in payments is technical [they are mistaken]".
- jacques_chester 14y agoI don't think you should have been downvoted. While one can use 'one', it does as you say have a certain British awkwardness that doesn't endear it to the Australian or American ear.
- scoot 14y ago> I don't think you should have been downvoted. Deserved because of the typo? One probably shouldn't make such mistakes when discussing grammar! I suspect though that most down-voted before fully reading and comprehending that in my comment I said exactly what you just repeated - that "one" is correct, but stuffy, and that there are other, better alternatives to "you" when referring to a broader readership.