英和和英

名詞

generic you

1. The pronoun you, used to refer to an unspecified person or to people in general.
   • 2015, Zsófia Demjén, Sylvia Plath and the Language of Affective States: Written Discourse and the Experience of Depression, page 161:

     The generic you can include more than just the direct addressee of the speech — it can even include those who are only over-hearing (or ‘over-reading’), suggesting that the reader could feel like they are also addressed by the pronoun.

使用する際の注意点

• See they § Usage notes.

同意語

• one
• they