Half Bassman Half Biscuit wrote:
If (1) i were (2) you, go to the doctors because (3) you might have tumour growing on the brain, that's making (4) you come out with nonsensical mutterings like (5) you have been doing over recent times.
OK, I'm willing to consider the proposed thought experiment referenced above. I think we can agree that the rules of grammar dictate that the opening proposition (underlined) sets up the parameters in which one should contextualise the remainder of your hypothetical situation. In the opening proposition, you suggest that you (1) are taking the position of MRAMB (2) - this seems fairly obvious. However, this role-reversal has the effect that any reference to MRAMB (real-life) in the remainder of your hypothetical exercise should be referred to as
'I', not
'you', as you (real-life Bassy) have taken the position of MRAMB (hypothetical). The effect of this is that the remaining references to
'you' (3)(4)(5) have an unclear subject. It is proposed that because your hypothetical scenario is taking place in the context of a continuing conflict between you (real-life Bassy) and MRAMB (real-life) that any reference to
'you' (3)(4)(5) in the remainder of the thought experiment most likely refers to a hypothetical
'you'; as we have established that
'I' would represent MRAMB (hypothetical), it is implied that
'you' must represent you (hypothetical Bassy). If that is the case, which your opening parameters to the thought experiment (underlined) would certainly suggest, then I must praise you for your clear sense of (real) self-awareness that you would offer such (hypothetical) advice to yourself. It is respectfully submitted however that posting inane nonsense is not actually a symptom of a brain tumour, and so your self-diagnosis is most likely incorrect.
I believe I have accurately considered your hypothetical scenario, however I am of the opinion that you could have perhaps made the experiment clearer as it required far more linguistic reasoning than is normally required when one is asked to consider such a scenario.