Re: You VS One

["Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> As almost always, the easiest thing to do when you face one of these choices, is to use wording that avoids the problem altogether. Instead of "You must register..." or "One must register..." the simplest thing is to write "In order to vote, register before..."

Simplest, but leaves out the possibility of including "must". It may
be important to better ensure the reader complies.

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