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- Yourself vs Yourselves - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which of the following is correct- Keep those smiles to yourself or Keep those smiles to yourselves When referring to more than one person
- Is using yourselves in this sentence grammatically correct?
Yourselves here is OK in colloquial use, but formally incorrect Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves) should be used for an object (direct or indirect) which is identical with the subject of the verb In your sentence, the subject is the dummy adverb pronoun there, so yourselves would be improper here The object should be you
- Yourself vs. yourselves when speaking to individuals in a group
What you should expect from yourselves and each other This phrase is spoken to a group of people, but to each person individually Particularly because it includes quot;and each other, quot; it s
- pronouns - When is it correct to use yourself and myself (versus . . .
Using "yourself" and "ourselves" in these contexts is incorrect "Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject actor of the sentence and the object recipient are the same person or group "I see myself" is correct because I am doing the seeing and am seeing myself In your latter example, the subject is the implicit "you" and the object is
- You or Yourself? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
You use yourself as the object to refer to the second person (you) when the subject already contains the second person (you) Examples: You see yourself as an artist Consider yourself lucky Imperatives always have the implied subject, you Based on that information, the following sentence would be the better choice: What is a nice, smart girl like you hanging around them for?
- such as yourselves or such as you - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Would it be Without patrons such as yourselves, we could not have this event OR Without patrons such as you, we could not have this event
- personal pronouns - People like you versus people like yourself . . .
In the latest South Park episode, I noticed a line: We have so many abandoned babies and not enough people like yourself who care Which kinda struck me, because I'd expect it to be people li
- prepositions - Settle an argument {by, amongst} yourselves? - English . . .
You, boys, must settle it amongst among yourselves and You must settle it by yourself Note: Consider this sentence : "Despite of what they were told, they decided to go there by themselves " In many cases, "by" can be used instead of "among" But in cases which involves a solution for something between the individuals, 'among' or 'amongst
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