So let’s see “themself or themselves”: “Themselves” is the traditionally correct reflexive pronoun for referring to a group or a singular individual in a gender-neutral manner, widely accepted in both formal and informal contexts. On the other hand, “themself” is emerging as a gender-n...
Back in the days, I suppose the majority of us were taught phrases such as “They did it themselves.” and “They treat themselves some ice-cream.” In this Ed’s Elevenses blog post, let’s find out whether “themselves” is always the preferred reflexive pronoun or not. As we all k...
Previous scholarly work on the pronouns ourself and themself describes them as variants of ourselves and themselves. In this paper, attested tokens of ourself and themself are examined, and the contexts in which they appear are analyzed. This analysis shows that these forms, and even some less ...
The meaning of THEMSELF is themselves —used chiefly as a gender-neutral reflexive form of they when referring to a single person in an indefinite way (as in 'each person can decide for themself') or to a person who is nonbinary.
1.InformalHimself or herself. Used as a gender-neutral reflexive pronoun:"Relationships are hard, but all the work is worth it, unless the person you're with has totally let themself go"(John Metz). 2.NonstandardThemselves:"I was telling Bubber how he and my uncles owns the whole place...