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and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
yourself
Pronoun
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You use yourself when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you.
Be careful. You'll hurt yourself.
Are you happy with yourself.
I heard you got yourself a new pet.
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Use for emphasis.
Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems.
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If you do something by yourself, you do it alone.
That's beautiful, son. Did you make it by yourself?
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If you don't feel yourself, you are different from usual, because you are sick, scared, stressed, etc.