Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell?
So that or in order that? Sometimes or sometime? Sound or noise? Speak or talk? Such or so? Towards or toward? Wait or wait for? Wake , wake up or awaken? Worth or worthwhile? Noun phrases: dependent words Noun phrases: order Noun phrases: uses Noun phrases: noun phrases and verbs Noun phrases: two noun phrases together. Pronouns: possessive my , mine , your , yours , etc.
Pronouns: indefinite - body , - one , - thing , - where Pronouns: one , you , we , they Relative pronouns Questions: interrogative pronouns what , who Someone , somebody , something , somewhere That. Dates Measurements Number Time. Geographical places Names and titles: addressing people Nationalities, languages, countries and regions Place names.
Reported speech Reported speech: direct speech Reported speech: indirect speech. British and American English Dialect Double negatives and usage Formal and informal language Newspaper headlines Register Slang Standard and non-standard language Swearing and taboo expressions. Past simple I worked Past continuous I was working Past continuous or past simple? Past simple or present perfect?
Used to Past perfect simple I had worked Past perfect continuous I had been working Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous? Past perfect simple or past simple? Past verb forms referring to the present Past: typical errors. Present continuous I am working Present perfect continuous I have been working Present perfect simple I have worked Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous?
Present perfect: typical errors Present simple I work Present simple or present continuous? Present: typical errors Present verb forms referring to the past. Finite and non-finite verbs Imperative clauses Be quiet! Infinitives with and without to Infinitive: active or passive?
Perfect infinitive with to to have worked Verbs: basic forms Verbs: formation. Hate , like , love and prefer Hear , see , etc. And yourself? And you? BizwritingTip response: You are correct. Reflexive pronouns are those that end in — self or — selves. Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, and ourselves are all reflexive pronouns.
There are two reasons for using them. My friends and myself do not find it a great problem. But that would involve Kate and myself working together! They hauled Barry and me in for questioning. His nervousness communicated itself to Isaac and me. Yourself As with myself, there are two standard ways of using yourself to which nobody will object: as a reflexive pronoun Did you hurt yourself? You may also be interested in: Verbs from nouns Personal pronouns. Word of the day.
Trending Words Most popular in the world. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. When is it correct to use "yourself" and "myself" versus "you" and "me"? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 3 months ago. Active 7 months ago. Viewed k times. I'm confused by why people use the following: It's up to yourself.
Rather than: It's up to you. Another example of this would be: Please feel free to contact ourselves if you have any problems. Rather than: Please feel free to contact us if you have any problems. Are both of these correct? Is there any reason for using the former? Improve this question. Laurel Paul Michaels Paul Michaels 1 1 gold badge 5 5 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. It's a horrendous use of those words.
Makes me cringe inside when folk use it to sound more professional.
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