Don’t hit yourself!

[move5000]

hello,

Don’t hit yourself!

Where is the antecedent for yourself? Is this a counter-example to
a rule? Why is this rule an exception? It is easy to add a stipulation to the
rule; but we’d rather have an explanatory rule. What is special about this sentence?

thank you

[bhaisahab]

hello,

Don’t hit yourself!

Where is the antecedent for yourself? Is this a counter-example to
a rule? Why is this rule an exception? It is easy to add a stipulation to the
rule; but we’d rather have an explanatory rule. What is special about this sentence?

thank you

What do you think is special about it?

[Barb_D]

In imperatives (commands) the subject is understood to be "you."

The yourself is reflexive on the unspoken but understood subject.

In your language, when using an imperative, do you use the word "you"? As in, "Please, you, sit down"?

[move5000]

hi, thank u for your answers

does the sentence violate the rule :An anaphora must agree in person, gender, and number with its antecedent?

[5jj]

hHi,
tThank you for your answers.

dDoes the sentence violate the rule :An anaphora must agree in person, gender, and number with its antecedent?

What rule?

[Barb_D]

I had to look up anaphora. That's not what we have here.

Can you explain further the source of your confusion?

Yourself agrees with the unstated subject, you, as I said above. It agrees in number and person. "You" has no gender.

[5jj]

I had to look up anaphora.

Glad I wasn't the only one.

[move5000]

Glad I was not the only one.

good luck

[move5000]

Anaphora (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[RonBee]

I had to look up anaphora.

I'm guessing it's some sort of grammar term.


P.S. After reading the Wikipedia article (some of it anyway), I have noted that it is a linguistics term.