prove yours

Can you explain this structure?
"He's early, probably very eager to prove yours truly wrong about the Psalm Book."

'yours truly' is a phrase, used to represent mockingly somebody who considers themself to be very important, so he wants to prove this person, referred to as 'yours truly' wrong.

That's not right. 'Yours truly' is a sort of substitution for 'I' or 'me'.

Thanks Caspian. Oh, to answer your former question, my native language is Arabic.

In American English, Sarmackie is correct. In British English, who knows? I've never heard it used as Caspian describes.

Well Cambridge describes "yours truly" as "mainly US": http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=85152&dict=CALD . In any case, yes, it's a facetiously pretentious way of saying "I" or "me".

Okay, now that I read Caspian's version for the third time, I can see it.

I may be horrible wrong, but this is always how I've percieved it as being used.

T. H. White used it extensively in The Once and Future King -- it was how King Pellinore always referred to himself. I always think of him when I hear that usage.... Yes, it is a comical way to refer to oneself, because "yours truly" is the typical formal closing remark on a written letter, right above one's own signature. That's where the substitution comes from, and that's why it definitely always refers to yourself, and not to someone else.

>>because "yours truly" is the typical formal closing remark on a written letter, right above one's own signature<<
Thanks. This is what yours truly figured it originated from too.

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"He's early, probably very eager to prove yours truly wrong about the Psalm Book."
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He is early;

probably very eager to prove I am wrong about the Psalm Book.


I am not very good on Grammar and Sentence Construction. But I would say that this is an attempt to produce in written english, something that was said in 'spoken english'.

So, it is a transcription of something that someone said.