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>>>>>>Interesting. I learned it somewhat differently. I learned that myself should only be used if the subject is 'you.' As in:
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>>>>>Correct. The rule of thumb should be that reflexives are used when the subject and object are the same
>>>>>
>>>>>"I xxx myself"
>>>>>"He xxx himselft"
>>>>>"We xxx ourselves"
>>>>>"You xxx yourself"
>>>>>"They xxx themselves"
>>>>
>>>>That should be "He xxxes himself" :-)
>>>
>>>Maybe you couldn't tell from the context, but I was using xxx in the past tense where, as you know, it has an irregular conjugation using the infinitive as the past tense.
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>>The only ones I can think of, right now, are could, should and must, and none of these reflects. I thought XXX, while irregular, was XOX in the past tense, and still had a regular present 1st p sing.
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>Probably one of those spelling differences between English and American.

Like "Dive"

We say "I dived into the pool" whereas you say "... dove ...". Don't know why this is. Perhaps cos of drive-drove, but there's thrive(d), strive(d), hive(d)