Timeline for Instructing someone to ask him/herself. Which is the correct use of punctuation?
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| Jan 15, 2012 at 14:37 | vote | accept | Jonn | ||
| Jan 15, 2012 at 2:12 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @FumbleFingers You misunderstood me. You didn’t say ‘him/herself’. You said ‘himself’. Big difference. | |
| Jan 14, 2012 at 18:04 | answer | added | ApprenticeHacker | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 14, 2012 at 17:49 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @tchrist: Of course there can be reasons. For example, I might comment to OP "tchrist should ask himself whether his comment would bear close scrutiny". | |
| Jan 14, 2012 at 16:14 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | There is never any reason to use "him/herself" or its variants. | |
| Jan 14, 2012 at 15:56 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 14, 2012 at 15:54 | answer | added | Mustafa | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 14, 2012 at 15:42 | history | asked | Jonn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |