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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

You/yourself

Hello!

A situaton in a classroom.

1. The teacher asks in turn the students what their surnames are, and then ask a student:
"Sally, what about you?" or "Sally, what about yourself? (which one is correct?)

2. If the sentence didn't contain the surname of the student then what would it be?
"What about you? " or "What about yourself?" (which one is correct?)
  

Top answer

" or "Sally, what about yourself? ) Sally, what about you? Anonymous If the sentence didn't contain the surname of the student They do not.

— Mister Micawber

  • " or "Sally, what about yourself?
  • ) Sally, what about you?
  • Anonymous If the sentence didn't contain the surname of the student They do not.
  • 'Sally' is her first name.
  • Her surname (family name) would be something like 'Smith' or 'Jones' or 'Alvarez'.
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Anonymous"Sally, what about you?" or "Sally, what about yourself? (which one is correct?)
Sally, what about you?
AnonymousIf the sentence didn't contain the surname of the student
They do not. 'Sally' is her first name. Her surname (family name) would be something like 'Smith' or 'Jones' or 'Alvarez'.
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It was a small mistake, I asked the moderators to change "names" with 'surnames".

In both cases the correct answer is:
(Sally)What about you?
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Anonymous, I asked the moderators to change "names" with 'surnames".
Actually, it was me who changed it at your request...and then afterward I read the result and saw that that change was not really what you wanted.
Anonymousn both cases the correct answer is:(Sally)What about you?
Yes.
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