There are a number of other gender neutral third person reflexive pronouns such as hirself, zirself, xyrself, and coself. If you're talking about a specific person and know which pronouns they …

Apr 19, 2013 · The sentence you wrote is ungrammatical. If the subject of the sentence were a person of unknown gender, you could use the ugly singular they/their/them construction, but …

Nov 9, 2014 · We use reflexive pronoun after some verbs like *avail ourself, acquitted himself, absented themselves * etc and some time we have to avoid from reflexive pronoun after some …

Jan 6, 2023 · So, I want to ask: Where can I find some research about verbs that accept or reject reflexive form objects? Research on preferences between reflexive, non-reflexive, or …

Reflexive pronouns like yourself should only be used if the corresponding non-reflexive pronoun (in this case, you) has already been used in the sentence. Since there is no you in the …

Dec 24, 2014 · @Cerberus: singular they and the corresponding reflexive pronoun themself have been used in English since the 14th century. Sometime one or two centuries ago, …

Jan 28, 2015 · Style books are no help. Instead I looked to Wikipedia, which states that reflexive pronouns should be used when the pronoun's antecedent is the subject of the clause. So, in …

Apr 1, 2016 · The use of the reflexive pronoun in those example may be considered the default or normal form. By contrast, the default form of a pronoun in examples like yours is non-reflexive, …

Dec 7, 2020 · Use themselves as the reflexive/intensive pronoun to refer to an indefinite gender-neutral noun or pronoun that is the subject of the sentence and avoid themself.

Dec 25, 2022 · The reflexive pronoun in these contexts can be reasonably called 'semi-emphatic' because it can be regarded as an abbreviated version of a sequence of the personal pronoun …