Friday, 19 February 2016

It's important you know this!

 Friday, February 19, 2016
 Check out this and tell me what is wrong with it: "The footballers were so frustrated that they began to fight themselves, just because they lost the match." CAUTION: That is incorrect to say! Most people say "themselves" in certain expressions when they should actually say "one another"/"each other". If more than two, you fight "one another". That means A fighting B; C fighting D, and like that. e.g. The footballers were so frustrated that they began to fight one another, just because they lost the match. (not "themselves") . When you say "...fight themselves", you mean A fighting himself; B fighting himself and like that. Do you see how meaningless that would be? Caution, please.

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