9. Use of 'one'

9. Use of 'one'

The pronoun one, used to talk about people in general, including the speaker and the listener, is much less used in the US than in GB. When it is used in American English, however, he, him and his are generally used later in a sentence to refer back to it, where British English would continue to use one or the possessive one's. Click here to see the full text.  

AE	BE
One cannot prosper unless he works.	One cannot prosper unless one works.
One should always be kind to his mother.	One should always be kind to one's mother.