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yourselves

B2 pronouns reflexive

yourselves

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Point 75 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

the plural reflexive pronoun ‘yourselves’ for politeness.

It is odd that a search for ‘yourselves’ produces no results on the EVP.

The singular versions do exist however.

  • yourself pronoun PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED A2
  • yourself pronoun EMPHASIS B2
  • yourself pronoun PEOPLE GENERALLY B2

 

A search for collocations with ‘yourselves’ on iWeb:

(does not mean the ‘polite’ function can be found automatically, but the fact that the plural version does not exist in the EVP, just using the word in anyway, suggests a great deal of complexity)

1 YE 1996
2 AMONG 1545
3 BRACE 1280
4 ASK 1132
5 PREPARE 1112
6 ENJOY 961
7 SAVE 736


THEREFORE

  AllAfrica.com
Ghana: Religious Leaders Urged to Inculcate Peace Values in …
It takes a lot to instil peace if violence strikes, therefore work on yourselves and don’t allow any leader to destroy your future by using you as a …

*there is a great deal of religious tone to the search results.

*’therefore’ is listed at B2 as a summarising discourse marker.


9 AMONGST 593
10 GUYS 592
11 UNTO 570
12 SUBMIT 566
13 JUDGE 557
14 YOURSELVES
15 HUMBLE 519
16 ASHAMED 477
17 PROTECT 469
18 TREAT 465
19 EDUCATE 419
20 HEED 394

Red = B1 in EVP.

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