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Yourself vs Your - What's the difference?

yourself | your |

As a pronoun yourself

is (reflexive) your own self (singular).

As a noun yourself

is your usual, normal, or true self.

As a determiner your is

belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

yourself

English

Pronoun

  • (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
    • Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself .
  • You (singular); .
    • You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Noun

    (yourselves)
  • Your usual, normal, or true self.
    • After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

    your

    English

    (wikipedia your)

    Determiner

  • Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    • Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience .
    Is this your cat?
  • Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
  • A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
    • Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Your Show of Shows
    Your World with Neil Cavuto
    Not Your Average Travel Guide
  • * Glanvill
    • Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.

    Usage notes

    * In US English, is frequent even in positions of stress. * The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in English.

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

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