Yours vs Yourselves - What's the difference?
yours | yourselves |
That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
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That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
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You (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
As pronouns the difference between yours and yourselves
is that yours is that which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun while yourselves is you (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.yours
English
(wikipedia yours)Pronoun
Usage notes
* In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours'' at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, ''sincerely'' is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with ''Dear Sir'' or ''Dear Madam'' finishes with ''faithfully''. ''Yours'' on its own and ''yours ever are less formal than the other forms.Derived terms
* up yours * what's yours * you'll get yours * yours truly * you scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursSee also
(English personal pronouns)References
yourselves
English
Pronoun
- You shouldn't blame yourselves .