Timeline for Is "you" here used as generalized "you"?
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| Jul 27, 2017 at 7:40 | vote | accept | dbwlsld | ||
| Jul 27, 2017 at 5:51 | history | edited | laugh salutes Monica C |
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| Jul 26, 2017 at 21:41 | answer | added | laugh salutes Monica C | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 13:14 | comment | added | TimR | Addressing Percy. To explain what is going on in terms of the family relationships is outside the scope of this site. Our focus here is only on the language. | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 11:37 | comment | added | Peter Shor | "Sitting with" means "sitting with at dinner". | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 10:36 | comment | added | dbwlsld | @Tᴚoɯɐuo Is "sit with" in this sentence mean just "stay" or "hang with"? | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 10:33 | comment | added | dbwlsld | @Tᴚoɯɐuo I'm sorry but addressing who? Percy? Then I don't understand what the sentence means. Is Geroge saying "you shouldn't stay with other prefects, Percy. Because it's christmas and it's a day for family."? Then Percy has to stay where he is now, because he is their family. But the Weasley twins frog marched him outside? Is Geroge making fun of his brother? | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 9:50 | comment | added | TimR | No, George is addressing him. A generalized form would use a different verb structure. "You don't sit with the prefects today" meaning "One does not sit with the prefects today." Compare : "You don't stay cooped up indoors on a beautiful day like today." versus "You're not staying cooped up indoors on a beautiful day like today." | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 8:59 | history | asked | dbwlsld | CC BY-SA 3.0 |