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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Can you say "You yourself"

Is this whole sentence grammatical?

1 I'm not going to look nice when you yourself aren't looking good.

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Reflexive pronouns can be used after a noun or pronoun to emphasize them: Anne herself did all her homework. John himself helped me. So I'd say your sentence is correct, but I would never use it in speech (I would just stress the word you ), just in writing.

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  • Reflexive pronouns can be used after a noun or pronoun to emphasize them: Anne herself did all her homework.
  • John himself helped me.
  • So I'd say your sentence is correct, but I would never use it in speech (I would just stress the word you ), just in writing.
  • In speech: I'm not going to look nice when you aren't looking good.
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Reflexive pronouns can be used after a noun or pronoun to emphasize them:

Anne herself did all her homework.
John himself helped me.

So I'd say your sentence is correct, but I would never use it in speech (I would just stress the word you), just in writing.

In speech: I'm not going to look nice when you aren't looking good.
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