There are a few alternative ways of saying you when it’s plural. A more formal way of saying this is One never knows what might happen. You is sometimes used not to refer to the listener or reader but to any person in general, much like how the word one is sometimes used, as in You never know what might happen. Yourself is also sometimes used in place of you after the words as, than, and but, as in I was a girl no older than yourself. For example, it’s common to say things like You should think for yourself (which avoids using it twice, as in You should think for you ). In some cases, the word yourself (plural, yourselves ) is used as another way of saying you. We don’t traditionally think of you as having synonyms, but there are several situations in which it can replace-or be replaced with-another word, phrase, or series of words.
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