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Ourself or Ourselves?

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Hi. My name is Ayuni. One day my colleague asked me, "Which is true, Ourselves or Ourself?" Unfortunately I myself was unable to answer that because when she wrote on Microsoft Word ourself, which I practically used, is wrong (red underline). So I was wondering, which is the true or is it depends on situation? 'Our' is plural, so by right it should be ourselves, but why after all these years, I've been thought to use Ourself? I'll be glad if someone can help me with this confusion.
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I don't know why you ever thought 'ourself' was right. These are the correct reflexive pronouns:

myself
yourself
himself, herself, itself

ourselves
yourselves
themselves

Please memorize them carefully right now so that you never mistake any of them again!
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You are right. I was wrong. Thank you! Emotion: smile
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And I forgot to welcome you, Ayuni, sorry.

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