Using the word “one” for referring to an individual in formal contexts [on hold]
"Some people believe that it was easier in the past to identify what type of career guarantees one's future"
Does it best fit to replace "one's" with "a person's" to improve the structure of the sentence?
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"Some people believe that it was easier in the past to identify what type of career guarantees one's future"
Does it best fit to replace "one's" with "a person's" to improve the structure of the sentence?
word-usage
asked yesterday
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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Lawrence, Andrew Leach♦ yesterday
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Related question about "one" and "a person/an individual". Please edit this question to indicate how you think the structure of the sentence might be improved. (You're replacing one grammatical object with another grammatical object, so the structure seems to be the same.)
– Andrew Leach♦
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"Some people believe that it was easier in the past to identify what type of career guarantees one's future"
Does it best fit to replace "one's" with "a person's" to improve the structure of the sentence?
word-usage
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"Some people believe that it was easier in the past to identify what type of career guarantees one's future"
Does it best fit to replace "one's" with "a person's" to improve the structure of the sentence?
word-usage
word-usage
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put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Lawrence, Andrew Leach♦ yesterday
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as primarily opinion-based by Lawrence, Andrew Leach♦ yesterday
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Related question about "one" and "a person/an individual". Please edit this question to indicate how you think the structure of the sentence might be improved. (You're replacing one grammatical object with another grammatical object, so the structure seems to be the same.)
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
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Related question about "one" and "a person/an individual". Please edit this question to indicate how you think the structure of the sentence might be improved. (You're replacing one grammatical object with another grammatical object, so the structure seems to be the same.)
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
Related question about "one" and "a person/an individual". Please edit this question to indicate how you think the structure of the sentence might be improved. (You're replacing one grammatical object with another grammatical object, so the structure seems to be the same.)
– Andrew Leach♦
yesterday
Related question about "one" and "a person/an individual". Please edit this question to indicate how you think the structure of the sentence might be improved. (You're replacing one grammatical object with another grammatical object, so the structure seems to be the same.)
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yesterday
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Related question about "one" and "a person/an individual". Please edit this question to indicate how you think the structure of the sentence might be improved. (You're replacing one grammatical object with another grammatical object, so the structure seems to be the same.)
– Andrew Leach♦
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