What Are Impersonal Pronouns?
Impersonal pronouns are used to talk about people in general without mentioning who they are without identifying them.
English Impersonal Pronouns
We have three impersonal pronouns in the English language:
We use 'one' to talk about people in general or for unidentified/unknown things.
When Do We Use 'One'?
We use 'one' and 'ones' after:
Matthew is the
Matthew is the fat
When we use 'you' to refer to people in general in informal contexts, it is called 'impersonal you' or 'generic you.' It refers to anyone or everyone. In these cases, 'you' has the same meaning as 'people':
In this example, 'you' has the same meaning as 'people.'
We use 'they' to talk about a group of people, such as an authority, an institution, a company, etc. In these sentences, 'they' refers to people in general.
When we do not want to mention the gender of a person, we use the third-person plural pronouns 'they'. It is called singular they.