Re: yalls's

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 01:44:11 -0400 Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
writes:
> Hmm, maybe.  But I wonder if others do that?
> So, people who can have both singular and plural "they", what
> -self/-selves
> form would you use in this sentence?
>
> "If anyone calls, tell them to go f**k _________."
>
> I don't think I'm aware of a themself/theirself form.  [Err... ok,
> Altavista
> gives 26353 'themself' references and 1158 'theirself' ones.  But
> the first
> hits that come up are from grammar sites telling you not to use
> them...]
>      *Muke!
-

Well, in that example i would use _themselves_, because the semantic
meaning is plural to me, maybe i'm assuming that more than one person
would call :-) .  But i have used _themself_ in singular contexts....for
instance to change your example, "If the tax collector calls, tell them
to go F themself."


-Stephen (Steg)
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