Learn English – “One’s needs” or “your needs”

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Is it okay to say:

There is not anything wrong with having just enough money to satisfy one's needs, whereas too much money leads to corruptness of the society.

or would it be better if I wrote it as:

There is not anything wrong with having just enough money to satisfy your needs, whereas too much money leads to corruptness of the society.

Best Answer

"One's" is one of the "most correct" methods of expressing general possession.

"Your" is more modern, but is considered by a few to be grammatically incorrect because it specifically refers to "you" when you might want to refer to someone in general, and can have a "slang" feeling to it because of this. But, because of it's extremely frequent use, "your" has generally been adopted as being correct.

Either method is valid, and what you use depends on how you want to come across. "Proper" or "modern".

The same applies to the usages of "one" and "you", with "he or she" and "they" being similar replacements.

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