The apprentice
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- Joined
- Sep 4, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Spanish
- Home Country
- Dominican Republic
- Current Location
- Dominican Republic
Dear teachers and members:
Knowing full well that PERSON is an indefite third personal pronoun, it seems to me (that) if it is going to be replaced by a reflexive pronoun, it should be by another third personal indefinite reflexive pronoun like ONESELF rather than HIMSELF or HERSELF which are not indefinite reflexive pronouns; someone who is an English native speaker advised me to use HIMSEL or HERSELF instead. Furthermore, that same person also told me (that) if the third indefinite personal pronoun were ONE or SOMEONE, ONESELF must be the one to be used. For example:
a) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of a person who does not love himself.
b) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of a person who does not love herself.
c) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of someone who does not love oneself.
d) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of one who does not love oneself.
* She also emphasized me that HIMSELF refers to HERSELF too in the above sentence, if true, HERSELF is supposed to do the same for HIMSELF.
QUESTION:
Are those sentences grammatically correct?
Kind regards.
Knowing full well that PERSON is an indefite third personal pronoun, it seems to me (that) if it is going to be replaced by a reflexive pronoun, it should be by another third personal indefinite reflexive pronoun like ONESELF rather than HIMSELF or HERSELF which are not indefinite reflexive pronouns; someone who is an English native speaker advised me to use HIMSEL or HERSELF instead. Furthermore, that same person also told me (that) if the third indefinite personal pronoun were ONE or SOMEONE, ONESELF must be the one to be used. For example:
a) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of a person who does not love himself.
b) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of a person who does not love herself.
c) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of someone who does not love oneself.
d) There isn't enough love capable of filling the emptiness of one who does not love oneself.
* She also emphasized me that HIMSELF refers to HERSELF too in the above sentence, if true, HERSELF is supposed to do the same for HIMSELF.
QUESTION:
Are those sentences grammatically correct?
Kind regards.
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