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What is the difference between themself and themselves?

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Themselves is a synonym of themself.



As pronouns the difference between themself and themselves

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 themselves is The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition also used for emphasis.

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

    themselves

    English

    Pronoun

  • or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
    • (reflexively):
    (after a preposition):
    (for emphasis):
  • * , chapter=16
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!
  • The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
    • (reflexively):
    (after a preposition):
    (for emphasis):
  • * 1611 , King James Bible , :
    • Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves .

    Usage notes

    * Regarding the use of singular themselves , see they .

    Synonyms

    * (singular) themself (non-gender-specific) * (singular) himself, herself (gender-specific)

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Statistics

    * English plural pronouns English third person pronouns