Is "you are yourself" grammatically correct?
I know what "be yourself" means. I usually see people using it in some sentences like "You have to be yourself", "You must be yourself" etc., but I barely see anyone saying "You are yourself".
Is that sentence correct? I used it in this below context when I tried to define what a friend is
"Friend is someone you have a bond with. You feel comfortable and are yourself when you are with them."
If it is wrong, how could I correct it, particularly in the context?
If you follow the entry of "be oneself" from Oxford Living Dictionary https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/be_oneself,
you can define "friend" like this:
"A friend is someone you have a bond with. You feel comfortable and act naturally, according to your character and instincts when you are with them".
As about saying "You are yourself", I can give you some examples from https://context.reverso.net:
- I see from your letter that you are yourself the daughter of a country parson.
- You are yourself again.
- See...? You are yourself again.
"Friend is someone you have a bond with. You feel comfortable and are yourself when you are with them."
I would say "and you can be yourself"