maj  [More info] You should be ashamed of you. You should be ashamed of your behaviour. Which one is right? maj Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003 Senior Member 4,756

	+1 Raul  [More info] Hi Maj. I think both are acceptable, although I'd rather say "You should feel ashamed" in the first case. Raul Joined on Mon, Sep 1 2003 Lima - Peru Full Member 221 "I touch the future: I teach"

	+1 maj  [More info] 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

	+1 Vivica  [More info] 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). Vivica Joined on Tue, Jan 6 2004 New Member 11

	+1 Raul  [More info] 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. Raul

	+1 mindserve  [More info] You should be ashamed of you. You should be ashamed of yourself. You should be ashamed of your behaviour. This is correct. mindserve Joined on Sat, Oct 18 2003 New Member 08

	+1 pedant  [More info] 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. Hitchhiker says: "Saucer of milk." - no squabbling! pedant