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Can I say “themselves” instead of “him/herself”?
Just like we use “their” instead of “he/she”.
10 dic 2019 08:17
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We often use 'themselves' instead of him or herself, as the latter is very clunky and awkward. As people are talking about gender-free issues, too, there is a move toward using 'them/themselves instead of him or her as well, although it might not be strictly speaking grammatically correct
10 dicembre 2019
Yes, as long as it's plural
10 dicembre 2019
Themself for singular.
Themselves for plural.
Themself is newer and gender-free. It's very commonly used.
10 dicembre 2019
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Sophie
Competenze linguistiche
Arabo, Inglese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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