Ex.
"The house will have my mother, your mother, and yourself."
Is this grammatically correct, or should I use "you" instead?
It's wrong. In that case "you" would be correct. Yourself, myself, him/herself.... are reflexive pronouns.
"A reflexive pronoun is a special kind of pronoun. It is usually used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject, as you will see below. Each personal pronoun (I, you, she, etc.) has its own reflexive form. "
That comes from this site.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/reflex.htm
You will often hear native speakers incorrectly use reflexive pronouns in modern English, however it is wrong and falls into the same type ofhyper-correction as thins like "They were in the park with Sally and I"
I think the sentence has been built incorrectly from scratch. The house will have...
What do you guys think?
Ota
>>I think the sentence has been built incorrectly from scratch. The house will have... <<
yes, it should be something like:
'There will be you, your mother and my mother in the house'
No, it should be:
"You, your mother and my mother will be at the house"
These are incorrect:
*"The house will have my mother, your mother, and yourself."
*"The house will have my mother, your mother, and you."
*"There will be you, your mother and my mother in the house"