One-part sentence, where the main member is the verb of the present or future tense, in the 2nd person and singular. number is a generalized personal sentence.
Who did it, or everyone, anyone and everyone
It can be without a subject, since the verb takes on all its functions. The action that it denotes can be attributed to any person, since the subject of the action is understood in a generalized way: one can mentally substitute "all", "each" or "any". That is how the generalized-personal differs from the indefinite-personal when the subject is substituted with the concrete - "someone". It is used most often as an expression of general judgments, maxims, often embodied in proverbs or sayings: "If you don't sweat in August, you won't get warm in April".
When hiding behind a generalization
If the verb denotes an action that is constantly happening to the speaker, these are also most often generalized personal sentences. Examples: "From morning to night you turn around, get tired, fall down, but sleep does not come"; "You look at the sky, draw axes, look for time's hidden pulse";"You can't scare dusty fish by inadvertently slamming the door"; "Century to iron for you at least not your hands, so shirts"; "And do not get away from everyone, like a mollusk in a shell"; "It's a pity not to listen to you, Senor Vivaldi"; "Get off, and the train will rush everyone else to where happiness is."
As a means of artistic expression
Very often, a generalized personal sentence is necessary for authors to describe nature, state of mind, etc., since it gives the perception of the text an additional emotional and pictorial effect. For example: "It's good in summer: you go down from the heat in the subway, you finish eating a pear"; "If you love, forgive him, no matter how he screwed up"; "For the life of me, I can understand absolutely nothing."
We
There is also a verb of the 1st person plural. number of withdrawals. inclinations. For example: "Forgive him, he is right, poor thing"; "My age, wipe off, you deserve it."
They
A generalized personal sentence uses a verb and in the form of the 3rd person plural. number of withdrawals. inclinations. For example: "When they walk in happiness, they don't remember their labors."
Pronoun and bipartite
Generalized-personal sentences we usually see as one-part sentences, they inform about actions and states that are not related to a specific person. However, there are also two-part sentences, when the subject in the form of a personal pronoun denotes a generalized person. For example: "Howoften they do not suspect what they are doing"; "We either scatter stones or collect them again"; "And everything flows according to a long-standing pattern: some stick out with" AC / DC ", others create poems with the refrain" Oh, you are a goy.
Advice or order
Quite often there is a generalized personal sentence with a verb in the imperative mood. For example: "Drink at the table, and do not drink under the pillar." It can also work as an adjunctive part of a sentence, acquiring the stability of the combination, and losing the adjective, when the relation of the action to the generalized person is erased or almost disappears: "Wherever you look, everywhere is ugliness"; "Well, look for the wind in the field"; "Gouge out your eye - such a night tonight."
Afterword
The generalized-personal sentence comes into the language exactly when the action becomes more important than the personality. Aphorism helps such constructions become long-lived, because the action, as it were, is of general use: it is close and understandable to everyone and everyone, but does not belong to anyone in particular.
