yourself vs you

Guest   Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:03 am GMT
Ex.

"The house will have my mother, your mother, and yourself."

Is this grammatically correct, or should I use "you" instead?
Guest   Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:45 pm GMT
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"
Ota   Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:47 am GMT
I think the sentence has been built incorrectly from scratch. The house will have...

What do you guys think?

Ota
Guest   Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:19 pm GMT
>>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'
Richard   Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:22 pm GMT
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"