有读者问： 有这样一道选择题：
(1)My parents bought_________a new car several days ago.
A. us B. ours C. ourselves D. them
答案为C，但我认为A和D在语法上都没错，为什么要选C呢？
这一道题不够严谨。在一定的上下文里：A，C和D皆可入选。
ourselves（在此指全家）并没有错，虽然在语法家之间是有争议的，有的赞成，有的反对。但从语言实际来看，这种用以代替us的ourselves（其语气似乎要强一些）恐已积重难返了，尤其在口语中。它常用作动词和介词的宾语，或位于and, as, than, like等词之后。用作动词宾语的情况如上述句（1），用作介词宾语的情况有如：
(2)The boy is one of ourselves .
其他情况如：
(3)With the exception of a few Algerians and ourselves , everyone spoke Spanish.
(4)They are not so big as ourselves .
(5)You can do it better than ourselves .
其实，用自身代词代替人称代词的情况并不限于ourselves。用myself的场合似乎更多，实例如：
(6)Williams, and Desmoulins, and myself are very sickly.
(7)Brinsley said that he was prepared to give myself and Donaghy a pint of stout apiece.
(8)So much for my patient — now for myself .
(9)I think few persons have a greater disgust for plagiarism than myself .
(10)...the house has been full of living things like myself .
同样，其他一些自身代词多少也可这样用，这里仅举几例如下：
(11)I am like yourself ...
(12)Mr.Rushworth could hardly be more impatient for the marriage than herself .
(13)He judged her to be a year or so older than himself .
