I have heard sentences expressed in the second person ('you'), like this one
"Whoever you are, do you really think that everybody in a room will even bother to look at you, and do you care about that’… or about what those who eventually will look at you might think about you?…"
And would it be standard to say it in the third person, such as the following way?
"Whoever someone is, do they really think that everybody in a room will even bother to look at them, and do they care about that’… or about what those who eventually will look at them might think about them?…"
Thanks.
Christine ChristieI have heard sentences expressed in the second person ('you'), like this one
That's very commonly done. 'you' is called "impersonal you" in those cases.
Christine Christiewould it be standard to say it in the third person
You can also do it that way. Yes.
I don't know if I would label that usage "standard", but it's pretty common.
I think I hear people using the first one (with 'you') more often. Neither one is used in a formal context, though, as when you might have to do an academic essay for a college course.
CJ
That sentence you quoted is unnatural. What exactly are you trying to establish/clarify?