Ourself vs. Ourselves

Ourself vs. Ourselves — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ourself and Ourselves

Ourselfpronoun

: myself (as used by a writer or speaker who is referring to themself as we).

In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.

Ourselvespronoun

(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.

We should keep this for ourselves.

Ourselfpronoun

: oneself.

We should love our neighbor as ourself.

Ourselvespronoun

(emphatic) We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.

We did it ourselves.
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