Usage of themselves

[vishalc581]

what's the problem in below sentence:

"Wrong: The guests at the party interacted with THEMSELVES."

[Chelsey Cooley]

Unless these are coming from a particular MPrep source, can you repost them in the 'general verbal questions' folder? This one is for questions about our Verbal materials in particular.

[vishalc581]

Hi,

This is from MGMAT sc guide.

[Chelsey Cooley]

Thanks!

In English, 'themselves' is basically the logical plural of 'himself' or 'herself'. Saying 'they interacted with themselves' is the same thing as saying 'each individual guest interacted with himself or herself, rather than with the other guests.' That's not what the sentence is trying to convey.