1.109 'one' as a personal pronoun

'One' is sometimes used as a singular personal pronoun, but this use is considered formal. The same form is used as both the subject pronoun and the object pronoun.

'One' is used to make statements about people in general which also apply to yourself.

• One has to think of the practical side of things.
• Going round Italy, one is struck by the number of opera houses there are.
• This scene makes one realize how deeply this community has been afflicted.

Other uses of 'one' as a pronoun are explained in paragraphs 1.157 to 1.160.