By Quoting, Genders

Stannum wrote: I can see no possible offence in your quoting of that widly known and heavily derided statistic. It will obviously earn you extra points for your essay. Don't kid yourself aboutt he freedom of speech aspect of this forum. It is far from a democracy. More like a...

Epitome wrote:Hi Sara,I was just getting references from various sources. As for the IQ-point, it was taken from this website. http://www.macalester.edu/psychology/whathap/ubnrp/intelligence05/Nintro.htmlAnd to all who I may/have offended, I sincerely apologise albeit with the knowledge that a...

I'm quoting from Fowler's Modern English Usage. In AmE, 'one' is followed either by another 'one' (or one's) or by a third-person pronoun 'he' or 'she' (or, to avoid gender problems, occasionally 'they'), or by 'his' or 'her' or 'their', whereas in BrE, another 'one' (or one's) follows: (AmE) I...