It's better to use 'one' instead of 'you' in formal writing but what about the genitive of 'one'?
your body => one's body/ ones body / ...?
What is correct?
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3"One's body" is correct. – BillJ May 27 '17 at 11:35
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Related: Academic writing: “one's”, Is the possessive of “one” spelled “ones” or “one's”?, https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/46468 – herisson May 28 '17 at 00:05
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Just as you would use the possessive form of you (your), you would similarly use the possessive form of one: one's.
More info from Cambridge and WordReference.com.
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