Poll: We wouldn't want someone as wise as you to wear _____ out.
We wouldn't want someone as wise as you to wear _____ out. |
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Votes: 380
Comments: 4
Added: June 2004
Comments:
| Leo Girard - 23rd September 2007 07:24 |
| Interesting that the correct form which co-ordinates someONE with ONEself gets the fewest votes. |
| Jotter Scalems - 19th January 2008 23:42 |
| I beg to differ. After all, you could replace your 'someone' by 'a person'. You aren't addressing the person directly. 'Someone as wise as you' can be replaced by 'he'. |
| Robbie - 22nd January 2008 00:24 |
| "Themselves" and related words have been ever more frequently used as a gender-neutral singular, as "themself" was in Caxton's time. |
| Maxine - 9th October 2011 15:48 |
| "you'" is part of the preposition, not the object. The object is "someone," so "himself" is the correct answer. |
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