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Home/ Languages/How do they differ in meaning: “d’eux-même”, “eux-même” and “par eux-même”?
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How do they differ in meaning: “d’eux-même”, “eux-même” and “par eux-même”?

Par eux-mêmes is the most common and slightly more formal:

Ils ont décidé d’aller à la ville pour vérifier par eux-mêmes la terrible nouvelle.

The simpler eux-mêmes is still correct and usable:

Ils ont décidé d’aller à la ville pour vérifier eux-mêmes la terrible nouvelle.

I would avoid d’eux-mêmes, at least because it sounds like de même.

Note that même is an adjective here and then needs to agree with eux which is plural, so it is eux-mêmes in all cases.

 

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