Which Is Correct Himself or Hisself?

Which Is Correct Himself or Hisself?

You should use himself in most contexts, since it is the correct version of this word. Hisself is considered a substandard dialectical variant.

How do you use himself in a sentence?

Himself sentence example
  1. He smiled to himself , enjoying the game they always played. ...
  2. Arion dressed himself in his finest clothing. ...
  3. The captain himself had been a robber. ...
  4. Alex handed the reins to a caretaker and dusted himself off as he headed for the gate.

Is it correct to say he himself?

"Himself" here is actually an intensifier rather than a reflexive pronoun (the World Atlas of Language Structures notes that they are often identical). As such it very much belongs with the noun phrase it is intensifying ("He"), and splitting them with a comma would weaken that relationship.

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