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Themself vs Emself - What's the difference?

themself | emself |

Emself is a synonym of themself.



As pronouns the difference between themself and emself

is that themself is The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition also used for emphasis while emself is em, themself; Gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of em.

themself

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
    • Someone could hurt themself .
    Anyone who wants a car like mine can buy one themself .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date=January 8 , author=Samantha Maiden , title=Hoaxer, out yourself: 'Demidenko' , work=The Australian citation , passage=THE author who masqueraded as Helen Demidenko yesterday urged the hoaxer who deceived the respected right-wing journal Quadrant to unmask themself .}}

    Usage notes

    * The use of themself'' instead of ''themselves'' is sometimes proscribed,Carl W. Hart, ''Rocket English Grammar'' (2012, ISBN 1938690214), page 55 but it is relatively common "considering that singular ''they'' is unquestionably far less frequent than plural ''they''".''Grammar Without Grammaticality: Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision'' (2013, ISBN 3110290014), page 56 Furthermore, the use of ''themself'' as a singular and ''themselves'' as a plural is in "clear parallel [to] common usage of the second-person forms, where ''yourselves'' can be contrasted with ''yourself''."Laura Paterson, ''British Pronoun Use, Prescription, and Processing (2014, ISBN 1137332735), page 170 * For more on the use of they as a singular pronoun, see they . * For information on the use of he'' and ''himself as a generic singular pronoun, see he .

    Synonyms

    * themselves (more common) * himself, herself (gender-specific) * thonself (rare) * other third-person pronouns

    References

    English disputed terms English plural pronouns English third person pronouns English words affected by prescriptivism

    emself

    English

    Pronoun

  • (neologism, reflexive) em, themself; .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 1975-08-23 , title = Ey has a word for it , newspaper = Chicago Tribune , first = Judie , last = Black , section = 1 , page = 12 , passage = Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2003 , title = Yib's Guide to MOOing: Getting the Most from Virtual Communities on the Internet , first = Elizabeth , last = Hess , publisher = Trafford Publishing , isbn = 9781412002905 , ol = 11711229M , page = 233 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=2l5yrb2rJ9EC&pg=PA233 , passage = In this particular instance, a wizard eventually took it upon emself to @toad Mr_Bungle... }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2004-03-31 , title = Hello World : travels in virtuality , first = Sue , last = Thomas , page = 78 , publisher = Raw Nerve Books , isbn = 9780953658565 , ol = 4487793W , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=4vweAQAAIAAJ , passage = The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2007 , title = Larkenia's Flaws: Volume 1 , author = Morgan O'Friel , page = 136 , publisher = TheSpindle , location = Grand Rapids , isbn = 9780615147536 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=SlwptL0XfdUC&pg=PA136 , passage = As he(SIC) struggled to yank Sarah back to eir room, Edward promised emself that ey'd do whatever ey could to save what was left of eir sibling's sanity- and protect em from their monster of a mother. }}
  • (neologism, emphatic) em, themself; .

    • Synonyms

    * themself * (neologism) hirself

    Hyponyms

    * himself, herself

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns