When do you use yourself myself instead of you and me?

Answer 1

Oneself is used when the personal pronouns "you", "I", or "me" are inappropriate. It is a "formal" word more used in writing than in speech.

"When describing oneself, it is best to use positive adjectives."

"Having a perceived defect is an excellent criticism of oneself."

Answer 2

"Yourself" and "myself" can be intensive or reflexive pronouns. A reflexive pronoun emphasizes another noun or pronoun in the sentence (e.g. The chef himself served our dinners). Intensive pronouns simply identify the receiver of an action with the person doing the action (e.g. I cut myself chopping vegetables). "You" and "me" are personal pronouns that can be used in the sentence as a subject (e.g. You and I have been friends for ten years), or an object, in which case you would always use "me" instead of "I." For instance, you would say, "Mother is taking Mark and me to the movies," not, "Mother is taking Mark and I to the movies," since the person speaking and Mark are the objects and "Mother" is the subject. This is a common mistake because people usually overcompensate for the incorrect use of the personal pronoun in the subject: "Mark and me are going to the movies," which should be "Mark and I are going to the movies."

Answer 3

I is the subject of a verb: I see. Me is the object of a verb or a preposition: You see my sister and me. Myself is used reflexively: I hit myself on the elbow. Otherwise, myself cannot be the subject of a verb, or the object of one. Never use myself when I or me would fit.

Answer 4

Yourself, like myself, themselves, etc. is either a reflexive or inflexive pronoun. You should generally only use the -self pronouns in two ways. As for inflexive you use yourself when you want to emphasis the actor. You may say, "You, yourself, need to take out the trash." (meaning, I am not taking out the trash you do it). To use it reflexively is to refer back the the subject of the setence. You may say, "You are entiteled to vote for yourself in the election."

You cannot use a -self pronoun in the place of an object pronoun. Never say, "When you are done with that please give it to John or myself." In that sentence you should have said, "me".

Answer 5

You is a second-person subject pronoun. You use it as subject when talking directly to another person

Example: You are here.

Yourself is a reflexive pronoun. You use it when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject.

Example: Stop doing that to yourself.

(Note: In the above sentence You is the subject. Since it is imperative, the you is understood)

Answer 6

You use the word "yourself" when you are talking about someone eles self. Does that make sense? Let me give you some sentences to show you wheat i mean.

Examples: Hey, did you do that all by yourself?

Examples: How did you learn how to sew all by yourself?

Normally, "yourself" is talking about someone else but themselves. If you were talking about yourself (coincidence) you would say.. Yes! That's right... myself!

Answer 7

Yourself is considered pronoun, essentially being the emphatic form of you.

Sentence: You will hurt yourself.