Yhyjyk

Does detail obscure or enhance action?

How does one intimidate enemies without having the capacity for violence?

Can you really stack all of this on an Opportunity Attack?

How bulky would the original autograph of the Torah been?

Java Casting: Java 11 throws LambdaConversionException while 1.8 does not

Can I ask the recruiters in my resume to put the reason why I am rejected?

Why is 150k or 200k jobs considered good when there's 300k+ births a month?

Could an aircraft fly or hover using only jets of compressed air?

Paid for article while in US on F1 visa?

RSA: Danger of using p to create q

Two films in a tank, only one comes out with a development error – why?

How can bays and straits be determined in a procedurally generated map?

Decision tree nodes overlapping with Tikz

Why doesn't Newton's third law mean a person bounces back to where they started when they hit the ground?

Why can't we play rap on piano?

DC-DC converter from low voltage at high current, to high voltage at low current

Horror movie about a virus at the prom; beginning and end are stylized as a cartoon

Is it unprofessional to ask if a job posting on GlassDoor is real?

How to format long polynomial?

Should the isomorphism theorems be seen as an "interface" between algebra and category theory?

Alternative to sending password over mail?

Was any UN Security Council vote triple-vetoed?

What is the word for reserving something for yourself before others do?

If human space travel is limited by the G force vulnerability, is there a way to counter G forces?

“You are your self first supporter”, a more proper way to say it

What's the meaning of “run in”'That way' means something I didn't expect“to put someone up for the night”Phrases to give home addressExpressions used to boost someone's energy/enthusiasm in doing their workWould you mind if I + past simple/base form (When you want to ask for permission to say something in the class)“Now things get much more interesting” VS “Now things are getting much more interesting” (tense choice)Given the answer “It's my first time here”, what questions could I ask to receive that answer?Fly on a jet pack vs fly with a jet pack?A more succinct way of saying “everyone you have on your Facebook friend list”?

.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;

1

I want to say that the person himself/herself should be the first supporter of himself/herself. I came up with two different ways of saying that, and I want to know if they are all correct, and which one presents the best version.

1. You are your self first supporter.




2. You are the first supporter for yourself.

I prefer the first one as it sounds idiomatic, but I don't want the "your self" part to get confused with "yourself" when spoken loudly. So is there another word I can substitute "self" with?

phrases idiomatic-language

share|improve this question

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

add a comment | 

1

I want to say that the person himself/herself should be the first supporter of himself/herself. I came up with two different ways of saying that, and I want to know if they are all correct, and which one presents the best version.

1. You are your self first supporter.




2. You are the first supporter for yourself.

I prefer the first one as it sounds idiomatic, but I don't want the "your self" part to get confused with "yourself" when spoken loudly. So is there another word I can substitute "self" with?

phrases idiomatic-language

share|improve this question

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

add a comment | 

I want to say that the person himself/herself should be the first supporter of himself/herself. I came up with two different ways of saying that, and I want to know if they are all correct, and which one presents the best version.

1. You are your self first supporter.




2. You are the first supporter for yourself.

I prefer the first one as it sounds idiomatic, but I don't want the "your self" part to get confused with "yourself" when spoken loudly. So is there another word I can substitute "self" with?

phrases idiomatic-language

share|improve this question

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

share|improve this question

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

share|improve this question

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

asked 1 hour ago

Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH

977220

3 Answers
3

active

oldest

votes

3

Here is a rhetorical question that makes the original poster's point:

4. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

share|improve this answer

edited 27 mins ago

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  By numbering the examples, you are a genius. Thanks for your answer. (Did I phrase it correctly by the way?)
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

3. "You are your own biggest fan."

This would be an informal way of saying this. However, it tends to make the person sound like an egomaniac.

share|improve this answer

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for the suggestion, but would "fan" mean "supporter" literally?
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  7 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

Statements like this typically use your own X:

5. You are your own first supporter.

This:

1. You are your self first supporter

sounds awkward. Self is not used as a modifier very often except as part of fixed phrases like self service.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Such a great suggestion! Thank you.
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "481"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f204062%2fyou-are-your-self-first-supporter-a-more-proper-way-to-say-it%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

3

Here is a rhetorical question that makes the original poster's point:

4. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

share|improve this answer

edited 27 mins ago

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  By numbering the examples, you are a genius. Thanks for your answer. (Did I phrase it correctly by the way?)
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

Here is a rhetorical question that makes the original poster's point:

4. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

share|improve this answer

edited 27 mins ago

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  By numbering the examples, you are a genius. Thanks for your answer. (Did I phrase it correctly by the way?)
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Here is a rhetorical question that makes the original poster's point:

4. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

share|improve this answer

edited 27 mins ago

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

share|improve this answer

edited 27 mins ago

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

answered 34 mins ago

JasperJasper

19.5k43872

2

3. "You are your own biggest fan."

This would be an informal way of saying this. However, it tends to make the person sound like an egomaniac.

share|improve this answer

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for the suggestion, but would "fan" mean "supporter" literally?
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  7 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

3. "You are your own biggest fan."

This would be an informal way of saying this. However, it tends to make the person sound like an egomaniac.

share|improve this answer

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for the suggestion, but would "fan" mean "supporter" literally?
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  7 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3. "You are your own biggest fan."

This would be an informal way of saying this. However, it tends to make the person sound like an egomaniac.

share|improve this answer

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

share|improve this answer

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

edited 23 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

answered 37 mins ago

Don B.Don B.

1,558312

2

Statements like this typically use your own X:

5. You are your own first supporter.

This:

1. You are your self first supporter

sounds awkward. Self is not used as a modifier very often except as part of fixed phrases like self service.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Such a great suggestion! Thank you.
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

Statements like this typically use your own X:

5. You are your own first supporter.

This:

1. You are your self first supporter

sounds awkward. Self is not used as a modifier very often except as part of fixed phrases like self service.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Such a great suggestion! Thank you.
  
  – Tasneem ZH
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Statements like this typically use your own X:

5. You are your own first supporter.

This:

1. You are your self first supporter

sounds awkward. Self is not used as a modifier very often except as part of fixed phrases like self service.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

edited 22 mins ago

Jasper

19.5k43872

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545

answered 45 mins ago

LawrenceCLawrenceC

27.6k1545