Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
That is a beautiful dress you're wearing. Did you make it ________?

• A. ourself
• B. yourselves
• C. yourself
• D. herself

Answer 1

The correct option is C yourself

When the subject and the object of the verb is the same person or thing, we use a reflexive pronoun. When reflexive pronouns are used to put emphasis on a particular noun, they are called emphatic pronouns.

In the given sentence the subject and the object of the verb is 'you'.

The reflexive pronoun for singular second person is 'yourself'. Thus option C is the correct answer.

The reflexive pronoun for singular third person is 'himself','herself' or 'itself' according to the gender of the noun. Thus option D is incorrect.

'Ourselves' is the reflexive pronoun for the plural first person. 'Ourself' is used instead of ‘ourselves’ typically when ‘we’ refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people.

Thus option A is also incorrect.

If more than one person is being addressed to, we use the plural reflexive form of 'you' i.e. 'yourselves'. Thus option B is incorrect.