Ourselves vs us? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I personally also like ourselves more than us for precisely the reason you gave (though I prefer itself more again), but in the distance between what is permitted and what is pleasing, I'd argue for all of them, as I have in my question, as permitted more strongly than I'd argue for the more subjective case of what pleases
Self or Ourselves or Oneself - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The proper word for this is ourself, which is the singular reflexive pronoun corresponding to we, because each of us is a singular construction, even though us is first person plural This word is in the Lexico dictionary (although it is not used very often): ourself: first person plural Used instead of “ourselves,” typically when “we” refers to people in general rather than a definite
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pronouns - When is it correct to use yourself and myself (versus . . . Using "yourself" and "ourselves" in these contexts is incorrect "Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject actor of the sentence and the object recipient are the same person or group "I see myself" is correct because I am doing the seeing and am seeing myself In your latter example, the subject is the implicit "you" and the object is
Good English expression for sorting this between ourselves? Usually I would use something such as "keep this between ourselves" or "sort this out amongst ourselves" or "figure this out ourselves", but I cannot help but feel there should be a good expression to use
Bob and us or Bob and we or Bob and ourselves? In the singular, it is quite clear that one uses "I" when referring to a third party and oneself, as in: Bob and I are going to build an aircraft However, in the plural, it is a lot less clear
To avail oneself of an opportunity - English Language Usage Stack . . . Avail [oneself] of was once a common and idiomatic usage of avail: 6 avail oneself of, to use to one's advantage: They availed themselves of the opportunity to hear a free concert So avail yourself of the opportunity means the same thing as take [advantage of] the opportunity: But if you are able to gain your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity However, within the past 40 years, this