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If you use they/them pronouns


girltwink666

third person singular reflexive pronoun?  

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  1. 1. third person singular reflexive pronoun

    • themself
      37
    • themselves
      22

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girltwink666

I use they/them pronouns and realized that I don't know how my own damn pronouns work because english grammar is a sham. 

 

Do you say "themself" or "themselves" for the third person singular reflexive pronoun? 

example: 

"they just played themself" vs. "they just played themselves"

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God of the Forest
24 minutes ago, topit said:

 

"they just played themself

This one ^ . Youre using "they" in reference to the singular so the reflexive would be the logical singular form.

 

Example: "They left the restaurant and went to the car by themself"

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"Themself" for me.

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Lie-RennyValkyrie_

I think 'Themselves' make it seem like more than one person so i think 'Themself' sounds better although it isn't a word but i think use whatever you wish, either is acceptable. You might just make some linguists angry if you use 'Themself' though. 

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Luftschlosseule

f only changes to v in the plural form, at least that's what I learnt, so I go with themself.

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3 hours ago, Lie-RennyValkyrie_ said:

I think 'Themselves' make it seem like more than one person so i think 'Themself' sounds better although it isn't a word but i think use whatever you wish, either is acceptable. You might just make some linguists angry if you use 'Themself' though. 

Prescriptivists are no fun

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Anthracite_Impreza

Themself, regardless of what spellchecker thinks.

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Internetlionboy
10 hours ago, Lie-RennyValkyrie_ said:

I think 'Themselves' make it seem like more than one person so i think 'Themself' sounds better although it isn't a word but i think use whatever you wish, either is acceptable. You might just make some linguists angry if you use 'Themself' though. 

Yea I agree. I go by themself and doesn't matter what spell checker thinks like @Anthracite_Impreza said >:v 

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Skycaptain

I've never used themself, as, until now, I didn't realise it was a true word 

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  • 7 months later...

I know some people who insist that "themself" isn't a word, and so I think "themselves" is an acceptable way to refer to one person, but "themself" makes more sense to me and is what I would tend to use.

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Lie-RennyValkyrie_

 

My father is a linguist and he has used themself when talking about me before so...

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Themself. In case it's incorrect (and my spellchecker says it is!), I'll just blame it on not being a native speaker - sounds like a legit excuse every time 8)

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ChaoticCreamPuff

If you were to use "he" or "she" it'd be "himself" or "herself" for a single person, so I'd use "themself" too

 

Ex: "She is fond of herself", since "She is fond of herselves" makes it sound like "She" is a single person made of many people. So, replacing "She" with "They" --> "They are fond of themself"

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