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Default A great Hurricane Tip?

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> I think the problem here is that we've all written "you". Such as,
> "When the power comes back on, and you open the freezer".
> Sheldon can't tell that we're using the modern, informal construction
> of using "you" where in the past a writer would use "one":
> "When the power comes back on, and one opens the freezer".
>
> He thinks we're talking about him specifically.


Should I draw him a map? ;-D