Reflexive pronoun ourself

[Gera]

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #18 "Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs", question 3

I was just wandering what it would be like if suddenly we lost all our money and found ourselves poor.

(a) wandering
(b) like
(c) ourselves

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #18 "Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs", answer 3

I was just wondering what it would be like if suddenly we lost all our money and found ourselves poor.

Correct entry: wondering
The error was: (a) wandering
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it is ourself

Gera

[Alan]

Hi,

Words like myself/yourself/herself are called reflexive pronouns. In this sentence:

I was just wondering what it would be like if suddenly we lost all our money and found ourselves poor. , we, the personal pronoun is plural and so the reflexive pronoun must be plural also - ourselves.

Alan
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