How do you use the word ourselves in a sentence?

Answer 1

The old second person singular pronoun thou (thy, thee), still conversational in Shakespeare's time, has become archaic and is generally used only in quotations such as "physician, heal thyself" and gnomic statements such as "know thyself."

Answer 2

Yes, it is:

• I kept telling myself that I was just nervous and that there was no reason to be afraid.
• That is one fine cherry pie, if I do say so myself!
• I myself have never reached the summit.

You should avoid using "myself" where "me" or "I" could be used, such as

"Please give your contributions to Cynthia or myself" or "Andrew and myself attended the conference". Many regard the use of "myself" in this way to indicate that the speaker or writer did not know whether to use "I" or "me" and chose "myself" to sidestep that dilemma.

Answer 3

Words like "myself", "himself", "herself" and "themselves" (and, arguably, "theirself" if applied to one person of an indeterminate gender) are known as "Reflexive Pronouns". A reflexive pronoun, as the term suggests, is used as though you're looking into a mirror and seeing a reflection of yourself. Reflexive pronouns are used as objects of sentences when they are paired with a subject that refers to the same thing.

To expand a bit on this grammatical peculiarity, a sentence typically contains a subject, verb and optional object. The subject takes an action (verb) that optionally affects an object. In the sentence "I answered your question", the subject is "I", the verb is "answered", and the object is "your question". Likewise, "he responded" contains a subject "he" and a verb "responded", but no object.

With these rules in mind, the following are valid uses of reflexive pronouns:

- I asked myself, "Why?"

- He thought to himself, "What a difficult question."

- They stopped themselves from overreacting.

These, on the other hand, are not valid uses of reflexive pronouns:

- Please advise myself of any problems you encounter.

- She said to himself, "Are you confused yet?"

- Herself bought a dog.

See the related links below for more juicy details on the use of reflexive pronouns and other grammatical rules.

Answer 4

I am a certified nurses assistant. I help people who cant physically and mentally help them selves.

Answer 5

We must learn to take care of ourselves before we can help others effectively.

Answer 6

I helped myself to the fridge, grabbing some fruit and a roll.

Answer 7

"After the guide left, we were by ourselves in the cave."

"We tried not to involve ourselves in the local politics."

Answer 8

They were patting themselves on the back after they won the ball game.

Selves is the plural of self.

Answer 9

I give myself a treat everyday.

My wife and myself eat out on the weekends.

I get myself a new car every year

Answer 10

We will enjoy ourselves tonight.

We should get ourselves a new bed.

We were left all by ourselves in the dark house.