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Hkqq Posted 18 years ago
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Hi Sir/Madam, Is below sentence correct?

Hi Maria, Here is the lucky money, let's buy a christmas gift for yourself.
  

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Hi Hkqq, Hi Maria, Here is the lucky money, let's buy a christmas gift for yourself. Though the sentence makes perfect sense, "let's" refers to first person plural and yourself to second person singular. You could change it in different ways.

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Hi Hkqq,

Hi Maria, Here is the lucky money, let's buy a christmas gift for yourself.

Though the sentence makes perfect sense, "let's" refers to first person plural and yourself to second person singular. You could change it in different ways.

Let's buy a Christmas gift for you. / Let's buy you a Christmas gift./ Buy yourself a Christmas gift.

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