when other people, especially people you do not know, are present
This is the definition of 'in public' and I was wondering if I cannot use 'in public' when there are people I know in the group? Or 'other people, especially people you do not know,' means all people I know and I don't know?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual.
Top answer
It doesn't definitely mean that there are no people you know in the audience, just that the occasion generally seems public rather than private.
— GPY
It doesn't definitely mean that there are no people you know in the audience, just that the occasion generally seems public rather than private.
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