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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"
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>>>>>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.
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>Like "Dive"
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>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)

Believe it or not, I say 'dived'. I feed birdseed to doves. I bet it came from 'drive - drove'.