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Is there selves a word?
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It’s oneself, myself, yourself, himself, herself, or itself for singular uses and ourselves, yourselves, and themselves for plural uses.
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Yes, THEIRSELVES is a word. BUT: Theirselves is a dialect form of themselves that is widely shunned & rarely crops up in written English. Its slightly more common to hear spoken than written, but even in spoken English, the use of theirselves is a marker of poor English. PerWritingExplained.org
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