I wrote
when we place our self
meaning each one of us, his or her self — and was told to use "ourselves" instead. Who is right?
Learn English – When to use ‘ourselves’ vs. ‘our self’
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grammargrammatical-numberpronounsreflexivesusage
I wrote
when we place our self
meaning each one of us, his or her self — and was told to use "ourselves" instead. Who is right?
Best Answer
Those ones are identical with use.
Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: We bought ourselves an espresso machine
While "our self" is non-standard, it is used when we is semantically singular as in the royal we, the editorial we, and the nurse's we, e.g. "We seem a bit displeased with ourself, don't we?"