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I asked one

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Are these sentences correct:

1) When someone tells one to do something one doesn't want to do, one is not happy.


2) One who knew him well told me that.
(instead of: "Someone who knew him well told me that.")

3) I asked one who knew him well.

(instead of: "I asked someone who knew him well.")

In "1" "one" is generic. it could be anyone.
In '2' and '3' 'one' means 'someone'/

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Re: I asked one

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All are grammatically possible.

The referent of 'one' will invariably depend on sense/context.
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