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Sat 17 May, 2014 04:59 am
Hi
Guy 1: some stupid comment about a Women
Me: Hey dont say like that
Guy 1: why are you angry
Me: When your mom is said something like that you get angry right
This is very much the context , what I wanted to say was , "she is treating me like her Son and I see her as mother. When guy1 said something stupid and asked why I was angry ,I said this line "When your mom is said something like that you get angry right"
I said the word "your" as a general reference. And not exactly the other person's mother. This was my intention of that line.
Am i right? Or did i make it wrong ? Can "your" be used as a reference in similar context and not actually meaning the other person?
please help me
Thanks Gazzali
In casual, informal conversation we can use 'you', 'your' etc in a general way, and say things like "You might get angry if your mother is insulted" when we actually mean "A person might get angry if his or her mother is insulted", but not in formal writing.
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