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"One's-self" keywords
There are some keywords which include the phrase "one's-self", such as:looking-at-one's-self-in-a-mirror (708 titles)talking-to-one's-self-in-a-mirror (106 titles)talking-to-one's-self (81 titles)There seems to be little justification for this spelling, so isn't "oneself" better?There is also this one, what do you think this means?crossing-one's-self (43 titles)"The two-word phrase one’s self is only justifiable when self is used in a spiritual, philosophical, or psychological sense. In all other cases, one’s self can be replaced with the pronoun oneself."-- http://grammarist.com/spelling/oneself-ones-self/
rebecca_7350282
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8 years ago
Hi Peter,Thank you for pointing this out.I have taken a look into this and made the appropriate changes to these keywords. Please allow up to 48 hours for the changes to reflect live on the site.Thanks,Bex
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bradley_kent
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4 years ago
This was debated years ago, and the decision was that the keyword (and related keywords) should be "looking-at-oneself-in-a-mirror." If I remember correctly, it came down to correct grammas. The decision was made, but it has not been uniformly enforced. If possible, check IMDb archives.
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keyword_expert
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3 years ago
I had to look up the term "crossing oneself." I learned that it means when one uses their hand to make the sign of the cross across their own body. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_cross Because staff never set these keywords up for auto-conversion, they were recreated and continue to be used. I also get the sense that one or more contributors have continued to do manual edits of these keywords over the past couple years, probably well-intentioned, but only giving the false sense of comfort that these keywords are not problematic given the deceptively low numbers. crossing-oneself (91 titles) crossing-one's-self (18 titles) looking-at-oneself-in-a-mirror (3347 titles) looking-at-one's-self-in-a-mirror (8 titles) looking-at-ones-self-in-a-mirror (4 titles) talking-to-oneself (763 titles) talking-to-one's-self (17 titles)
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