Hi,
I’m looking at my plasic bag: “I’m not me without coffee”. Googling revealed both ‘I’m not me\myself’ (relating mainly to songs\movies).
But with ‘you\she\they’ it could only be ‘yourself\herself\themselves’ surely?
Yes, you sound right. But I’ve also seen usages like ‘one’s own self’ ‘one’s usual self’ etc.
Hi Eugene,
It’s modern English colloquial phrasing. You’ll often see a break with traditional rules in advertising. Another example is the McDonald’s slogan “I’m loving it.”
“You’re not you…” would be accepted in the same way.
Beeesneees,
‘If you’re throwing up everything you eat, mentally, you’re not you.’
Is this sentence meaningful to use the phrase ‘you’re not you’?
Please comment.
Thanks
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In as much as the earlier examples are acceptable, yes.