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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Themself/Themselves?

Is this correct?
Don't eat the sandwich someone made for themselves?
I don't think there's such a word as themself.
  

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Anonymous Is this correct? Don't eat the sandwich someone made for themselves? Themselves is correct, but the definite article seems very unlikely.

  • Anonymous Is this correct?
  • Don't eat the sandwich someone made for themselves?
  • Themselves is correct, but the definite article seems very unlikely.
  • We would normally say Don’t eat a sandwich someone made for themselves .
  • Anonymous I don't think there's such a word as themself.
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AnonymousIs this correct?
Don't eat the sandwich someone made for themselves?
Themselves is correct, but the definite article seems very unlikely. We would normally say Don’t eat a sandwich someone made for themselves.
AnonymousI don't think there's such a word as themself.
It’s not considered standa

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