you or yourself?

[Lenka]

What is right to write?
Send us a photo of you.
or
Send us a photo of yourself.
???

[mosh]

What is right to write?
Send us a photo of you.
or
Send us a photo of yourself.
???

a photo of yourself.

[MikeNewYork]

What is right to write?
Send us a photo of you.
or
Send us a photo of yourself.
???

Yes, it's "yourself". This is one of the few instances in which it is correct to use the reflexive pronoun when its antecedent hasn't already been mentioned. :wink:

[Susie Smith]

What is right to write?
Send us a photo of you.
or
Send us a photo of yourself.
???

Yes, it's "yourself". This is one of the few instances in which it is correct to use the reflexive pronoun when its antecedent hasn't already been mentioned. :wink:

Wouldn't you say that you is always the implicit subject of imperative sentences?

[Tdol]

I would.

[RonBee]

What is right to write?
Send us a photo of you.
or
Send us a photo of yourself.
???

Yes, it's "yourself". This is one of the few instances in which it is correct to use the reflexive pronoun when its antecedent hasn't already been mentioned. :wink:

Wouldn't you say that you is always the implicit subject of imperative sentences?

Good point! In that case, you is actually in Send us a photo of yourself.

:)

[Tdol]

It also makes things clear- I could send a photo of Ron or one of myself.

[RonBee]

It's best that I can't post a photo of myself. We wouldn't want to scare people away, would we?

:wink:

[Susie Smith]

It's best that I can't post a photo of myself. We wouldn't want to scare people away, would we?

:wink:

I'm sure nobody would be scared away. I know you are a very nice guy, no matter what you look like on the outside. You know, it's the inside that really counts.

[Tdol]

Careful- he'll post an x-ray.