I find myself often winging it with “themself/themselves” and it seems to be like themselves is always colloquially correct when there are multiple preceding nouns you’re referring to…

Otherwise if there’s only one antecedent or whatever, its themself

Be gentle haha

  • prayer@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I love trying to incorporate different constructions I find in the Yale Grammatical Diversity Program. Currently working on “for to” constructions. My goal is just to understand how people perceive language, and this is a great resource. It isn’t a collection of “wrong” ways to say things, just how a minority of people say things.

    The most popular example I can think of is the song “Horse with no Name” in the chorus.

    I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name
    It felt good to be out of the rain
    In the desert you can’t remember your name
    'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain