Position of “yourself”
Hi, there
Which of THESE two questions is better?
“I know which dish she would recommend. But what I want to know is: which dish would you YOURSELF recommend?”
or
“ I know which dish she would recommend. But what I want to know is: which dish would you recommend YOURSELF?”
Where should I put “yourself”?
Thank you!
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Answers · 5
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Hi! I agree with the others in that it sounds most natural to just say "Which dish would /you/ recommend?" (with emphasis on the "you"). However, when you do want to use a reflexive pronoun for emphasis in this way, “[...] which dish would you YOURSELF recommend?” is more common, though both are technically correct.
For instance, in this context, it seems like you're asking two people for a recommendation, and one of them gives a recommendation while the other just passively agrees to it. Then, you would assert: “I know which dish she would recommend. But what I want to know is: which dish would you YOURSELF recommend?” The doubled pronoun has more weight when used together ("you yourself"; "I myself"; etc.), but it can separated and still be correct.
This all being said, it is much more natural and colloquial to just emphasize the one pronoun.
Hope this helped!
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No where just end with reccomend =)
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