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Aditileo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
can someone be used with themselves?
This is the first step in helping someone to help themselves.
Can such sentences be considered correct in terms of strict formal grammer?
Can such sentences be considered correct in terms of strict formal grammer?
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aditileo This is the first step in helping someone to help themselves. Can such sentences be considered correct in terms of strict formal gramm a r? No.
- aditileo This is the first step in helping someone to help themselves.
- Can such sentences be considered correct in terms of strict formal gramm a r?
- No.
- Not in terms of strict formal grammar.
- The traditional prescription is to end that sentence with 'himself', but the use of the third person plural as a singular has been around for centuries, so 'themselves' now sounds normal to most people.
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aditileo This is the first step in helping someone to help themselves. Can such sentences be considered correct in terms of strict formal grammar?No. Not in terms of strict formal grammar. The traditional prescription is to end that sentence with 'himself', but the use of the third person plural as a singular has b
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