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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Picture of him/himself
He was looking at a picture of him/himself, Mary and the kids.
Can I use "him" here to mean himself?
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anonymous He was looking at a picture of him/himself, Mary and the kids. Can I use "him" here to mean himself? No.
- anonymous He was looking at a picture of him/himself, Mary and the kids.
- Can I use "him" here to mean himself?
- No.
- That would mean some other man, not the man who was looking at the picture.
- Fred is looking at a picture of Fred: He's looking at a picture of himself.
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anonymousHe was looking at a picture of him/himself, Mary and the kids.
Can I use "him" here to mean himself?
No. That would mean some other man, not the man who was looking at the picture.
Fred is looking at a picture of Fred: He's looking at a picture of himself.
Fred is looking at a picture of Tom: He's looking at a picture
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