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maj  +  18359 Tue, 06 Jan 04 05:27 PM
You should be ashamed of you.
You should be ashamed of your behaviour.

Which one is right?
maj
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Raul  +  18371 Tue, 06 Jan 04 07:17 PM
Hi Maj. I think both are acceptable, although I'd rather say "You should feel ashamed" in the first case.
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maj  +  18372 Tue, 06 Jan 04 07:21 PM
Thanks, Raul but I don't think you got my point. Were you off-side? What I was trying to say is that " You should feel ashamed of yourself". Well, that is another possibility, isn't it?
maj
Vivica  +  18394 Tue, 06 Jan 04 10:42 PM
You can say "you should feel ashamed of your behaviour" but in my opinion it is better to say "you should feel ashamed of yourself"
You can't say "you should feel ashamed of you" because you shouldn't use the same pronoun in 1 sentence. instead, use the reflexive pronoun 'yourself' (reflexive pronouns are used so the pronoun (in this case 'you' isn't repeated).
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whl626, 5 yr 321 days ago
I rather say ' You should be ashamed of yourself 'Smile [:)]
pedant, 5 yr 321 days ago
In America, the expression is "You should be ashamed of yourself." All others are stilted.
Raul  +  18492 Wed, 07 Jan 04 07:05 PM
So, in your own opinion, only the English spoken in America is "valid", "lively", "correct", "modern" or whatever another adjective you want to add. Mmm... be careful. English is spoken in many countries, and America is not precisely "the" majority. And even in America you find regional variations.

Cheers.
mindserve  +  18500 Wed, 07 Jan 04 08:58 PM
You should be ashamed of you.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

You should be ashamed of your behaviour.
This is correct.
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pedant  +  18870 Sun, 11 Jan 04 07:55 AM
What I meant -- and I think it's clear -- is that the other versions would be stilted in American English. To claim that only American English is unstilted would be absurd. Most people, when deciding between a logical and an illogical interpretation, would assume the former is what's intended.

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