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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Take yourself
This is the question to native speakers of English.
Here is a sentence -- If you want my advice, you'll take yourself a nice vacation in Florida.
Why do you use 'yourself' in here? What does it mean or express?
Would it be different if you say -- If you want my advice, you'll take a nice vacation in Florida.
Here is a sentence -- If you want my advice, you'll take yourself a nice vacation in Florida.
Why do you use 'yourself' in here? What does it mean or express?
Would it be different if you say -- If you want my advice, you'll take a nice vacation in Florida.
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You'll take yourself on a nice vacation to Florida. The meaning doesn't really change but when using yourself it means that the listener would be paying for the vacation, where as in the second anybody may be paying for it or the speaker may be offering to pay for it.
- You'll take yourself on a nice vacation to Florida.
- The meaning doesn't really change but when using yourself it means that the listener would be paying for the vacation, where as in the second anybody may be paying for it or the speaker may be offering to pay for it.
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You'll take yourself on a nice vacation to Florida. The meaning doesn't really change but when using yourself it means that the listener would be paying for the vacation, where as in the second anybody may be paying for it or the speaker may be offering to pay for it.
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In my part of the world, most people would just say "you'll take a nice vacation". In informal conversational English, some people might insert "yourself" for mild emphasis or because it is a speech pattern familiar in their dialect. "yourself" does not change the meaning and in standard English it is not needed.
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AnonymousIf you want my advice, you'll take yourself a nice vacation in Florida.yourself is unnecessary. It is what I would call "a dative of interest". It implies that some benefit is involved for someone. It adds the sentiment of "You'll be doing yourself a favor if you do as I advise". I would use the word sanguine to descri
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CalifJim, thank you for the explanation.
Yes, it's unusal structure for me, but now I know how to use it...
Yes, it's unusal structure for me, but now I know how to use it...
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