Here is a riddle. When can you be missing but understood? Don't go searching for the answer in a bad self help book. This is actually a grammar situation. The "you" is missing from any command statement, but it is understood to be there as the hidden subject of the action commanded. If someone grabs you by the arm and says "Call 9-1-1!," you know darn well you've been designated to dial the phone. You understand that you are the subject meant to execute that order. Interestingly, a command is the only time that a complete sentence will be missing its subject. Commands come in many varieties and can be mild as well as intense. Some examples of the "understood you" are as follows:
Go to your room!
Pass the butter.
Meet us at the pizza place on Kirkwood and Grant.
Ask her friend if she wants to go out with me.
Tell me again what you need me to do.
Get real.
Wait thirty seconds before shutting off the engine.
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