Differences between "with you" and "with yourself"

ashkanmt I am confused in using these phrases. which one is correct?You should bring a coat with you?You should bring a coat with yourself?

The sentence position where you want to put 'you' or 'yourself' is in the same clause as the antecedent 'you' (the subject). The usual choice is therefore 'yourself'. However, 'carry' verbs, and a few other

The pronouns ending in "self" are either intensive or reflexive. Intensive pronouns appear after another pronoun to emphasize it.

"You, yourself should bring a coat."

In other words, it's important you bring a coat and not rely on anyone else to bring one for you.

The reflexive pronoun is used as an object identical to the subject. This really doesn't work for "bring,

deadratThis really doesn't work for "bring," because the object is the thing brought (a coat), which is different from the subject, the bringer.

I bought a gift for my wife and a gift for myself.

This shouldn't work for "bought" either, or for any other transitive verb, because the object is the thing bought (a gift), which is different from th

Here you've got a transposition of "I brought (gave) myself a gift." and the attraction of the underlying form is almost irresistible. In fact, where I live, the reflexive pronoun, particularly the first person, is mostly interchangeable with the objective pronoun.

It's **** being a prescriptivist.

deadratHere you've got a transposition of "I brought (gave) myself a gift." and the attraction of the underlying form is almost irresistible.

Well, try to resist! It's an interesting point, but I don't think it works. The thing given ( gift) is still different from the subject, which is your original point, isn't it? Subjects are almost always different from