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Anon006 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Itself/themselves

Are both okay:

The lights turned on by itself/themselves and woke me up!

  

Top answer

No. It's either The light ... by itself ...

  • No.
  • It's either The light ...
  • by itself ...
  • OR The lights ...
  • by themselves ...
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1 Answers
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No.

It's either

The light ... by itself ...

OR

The lights ... by themselves ...

(I don't think you even need those by-phrases. You could leave them out, and the meaning would be the same.)

CJ

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