Yourselves vs Themselves - What's the difference?
yourselves | themselves |
You (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
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, title= The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
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Themselves is a related term of yourselves.
As pronouns the difference between yourselves and themselves
is that yourselves is you (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned 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.yourselves
English
Pronoun
- You shouldn't blame yourselves .
See also
(English personal pronouns)themselves
English
Pronoun
- (reflexively):
- (after a preposition):
- (for emphasis):
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- (reflexively):
- (after a preposition):
- (for emphasis):
- Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves .