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Example sentence: "I love when your dog just lets you sit there to pet them. You don’t necessarily know if they are enjoying it, but they love you enough to just sit there with you for a bit."

I love when your dog just lets you sit there to pet them. You don’t necessarily know if they are enjoying it, but they love you enough to just sit there with you for a bit.

Is this correct? We assume that the person who wrote thiswords "you" and "your" refer to the speaker of the sentence is also talking about him or herself when using "you/your" but, and not to the listener, as second-person usually does. But it also representing everyonerefers to dog owners in the processgeneral. I have always been curious about this.

Example sentence: "I love when your dog just lets you sit there to pet them. You don’t necessarily know if they are enjoying it, but they love you enough to just sit there with you for a bit."

Is this correct? We assume that the person who wrote this sentence is also talking about him or herself when using "you/your" but also representing everyone in the process. I have always been curious about this.

Example sentence:

I love when your dog just lets you sit there to pet them. You don’t necessarily know if they are enjoying it, but they love you enough to just sit there with you for a bit.

Is this correct? We assume the words "you" and "your" refer to the speaker of the sentence, and not to the listener, as second-person usually does. But it also refers to dog owners in general. I have always been curious about this.

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Using "you" and "your" as a representation for yourself and everyone in general

Example sentence: "I love when your dog just lets you sit there to pet them. You don’t necessarily know if they are enjoying it, but they love you enough to just sit there with you for a bit."

Is this correct? We assume that the person who wrote this sentence is also talking about him or herself when using "you/your" but also representing everyone in the process. I have always been curious about this.