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Veronica 222 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Oneself

Hello, teachers! How would you say Prefix pronouns with everybody? Everybody itself can't do it! Or ot?
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Hi, For example: Everybody can't do it by themselves. Here, themselves refers to a single person whose gender is not specified. Some maintain that this use is not correct, however.

  • Hi, For example: Everybody can't do it by themselves.
  • Here, themselves refers to a single person whose gender is not specified.
  • Some maintain that this use is not correct, however.
  • Regards
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Hi,
For example:

Everybody can't do it by themselves.

Here, themselves refers to a single person whose gender is not specified.

Some maintain that this use is not correct, however.

Regards

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