Yourself

/jʊrˈsɛlf/ pronoun

Yourself is used when the person you are talking to is both doing and receiving the action, like “You hurt yourself.” It can also add emphasis, as in “You yourself said that.”

“Yourself” is a compound of “your” and “self,” following an Old English pattern of adding “-self” to pronouns. These forms grew into a special set of reflexive pronouns.

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