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[JEic]

Can I write like this?

(a) When in a group of six to nine guests present, try to avoid....

It sounds like a short version of

(b) "When you are in a group of six to nine guests present, please try to avoid...."

If (a) and (b) mean the same thing, in (b) the subject is 'you'. I am wondering what is the subject in (a)?

 

[Piscean]

The verb is the imperative form 'try' with the implied subject 'you'.

 

[Rover_KE]

I see no reason to include 'present' in this context.

 

[Tarheel]

I avoid using "try" when I give advice.