RUSSIAN: impersonal forms

[orpheus_samhain]

I'd like to ask about those constructions where in English "you" is being used, meaning "all the people", "most people" or some "they".

For example: (You) throw away what you don't need. (or maybe "what is not needed is being thrown away"

Is it: (1) выбрасывают/(2)выбрасывается то, что ненужно

Comments

[orie]

Both ways of expressing are possible and grammatically correct.

То, что не нужно - выбрасывается
То, что не нужно - выбрасывают

[orpheus_samhain]

Thank you!

[5x6]

I second this.

[divine_assass1n]

perfectly normal

[sab123]

Both of these forms would work, and depending on the context the form similar to English would work too:

Ненужное - выбрасываешь.
Ненужное - выбросишь.

The typical context for this form would be either a closer personal communication, or the more archaic (I'd say especially in the traditional translations from Latin) or "folksy" speech.

[r_blackcat]

Both are good, but the first sounds more natural.