Ourself vs. Ourselves
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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.ADVERTISEMENT
