Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:08:52 +0200 From: Liudmila Kostiukevich Subject: Re: one as a pronoun? As a foriegner (Russian-speaker) I can only add that the form is rather popular with us as it allows us to follow the patterns of our language. In Russian you can build sentences without subject in Passive. L.Kostiukevich