You is a second-person pronoun that refers to the person or people you’re speaking or writing to (e.g., “A package arrived for you today”). It can be plural or singular and serve as a subject pronoun or object pronoun in a sentence.
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You can only use myself in a sentence that also includes the singular, first-person pronoun “I.”
“Myself” is an intensive pronoun or a reflexive pronoun. It’s also a singular, first-person pronoun.
As a first-person intensive pronoun, “myself” emphasizes “I” when it’s part of the same sentence (e.g., “I myself believe that everyone deserves to be happy”).
As a reflexive pronoun, “myself” can be a direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition when the subject of the same sentence is “I” (e.g., “I was thirsty, so I poured myself some lemonade”).
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Some is an indefinite pronoun or a determiner.
As an indefinite pronoun, “some” can be a subject or object that represents an undetermined or general noun in a sentence (e.g., “Some of my friends have already seen the Beetlejuice sequel”).
“Some” is usually an indefinite pronoun when it’s followed by a verb, adjective, prepositional phrase, or adjective clause.
When “some” is a determiner, it’s followed by a noun that it modifies (e.g., “Some people watch scary movies on Halloween”).
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Most can be singular or plural, and it can be an indefinite pronoun or a determiner.
As an indefinite pronoun, “most” is singular when it refers to part of an uncountable noun (e.g., “Most of this bread is moldy”).
The indefinite pronoun “most” is plural when it refers to multiple countable nouns or multiple parts of an uncountable noun (e.g., “Most of the students are excited about the class”).
The same rules apply when “most” is a determiner that modifies a noun (e.g., “Most citrus tastes sour” vs. “Most of the pears were delicious”).
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Itself is an intensive pronoun or a reflexive pronoun. It’s also a singular, third-person pronoun. “Itself” refers to a noun that’s not a person.
As an intensive pronoun, “itself” emphasizes another noun with the same meaning in the same sentence (e.g., “The smartphone itself affects neurotransmitters”).
As a reflexive pronoun, “itself” can be a direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition (e.g., “The iron automatically turns itself off after 5 minutes”).
Whether it’s a reflexive pronoun or an intensive pronoun, “itself” can only be used when its antecedent (the noun that it represents) or a pronoun with the same antecedent is part of the same sentence.
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Reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns are the same words, but they have different roles in sentences.
These pronouns include “myself,” “themselves,” and “yourself.”
A reflexive pronoun can be a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition when it refers to the subject of the same sentence (e.g., “Bev ordered pepperoni pizza for herself and vegetarian pizza for her friends”).
An intensive pronoun is not an object in a sentence. Instead, it emphasizes another noun (e.g., “Bev picked up the pizza herself”).
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