yourself

your|self [ jur`self, jɔr`self ] (plural your|selves [ jur`selvz, jɔr`selvz ] ) pronoun ***

Yourself and yourselves are reflexive pronouns, being the reflexive forms of you. They can be used in the following ways:

as an object that refers to the person or people who are the subject of the sentence or who are mentioned somewhere earlier in the sentence:

Are you bringing the children up by yourself?

You have to have some respect for yourself.

Did he give you a picture of yourself?

as an object of verbs in the imperative form:

Take care of yourselves.

Enjoy yourselves.

after you for emphasis:

Only you yourself can be sure.

You can bake the pie yourself.

1. ) used for showing that the person or people you are talking or writing to are affected by or involved in an action that they do:

Remember you're not just representing yourself but the whole school.

That's something you will have to work out for yourself.

Don't make a fool of yourself.

Did you hurt yourself?

You should consider yourselves very fortunate that no one was hurt.

2. ) used for referring back to the person or people you are talking or writing to when they have already been mentioned in the sentence:

I'll give you a little time to get yourself comfortable.

3. ) used with you for emphasizing that you mean the person or people you are talking or writing to and no one else:

Ask how you yourself would like to be treated in a similar situation.

a ) used for emphasizing that the person or people you are talking or writing to must do something without help from anyone else:

You'll have to fill out the forms yourselves.

4. ) FORMAL used instead of you in order to be formal or polite, although many people feel this is incorrect:

Someone like yourself would be a suitable buyer for the property.

My lawyer will be referring the matter to yourselves.

(all) by yourself

1. ) without help from anyone else:

Did you paint the room all by yourself?

2. ) alone:

I'm sure you like to be by yourself sometimes.

(all) to yourself

for you alone and no one else:

You have the house to yourself until five o'clock.

be/feel/look, etc. yourself

to be or appear to be in your normal mental or physical state:

Take a rest you're not quite yourself today.