Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
It is easy to develop bad study habits, but it is extremely difficult to rid ________ of them.

• A. ourselves
• B. itself
• C. themselves
• D. yourselves

Answer 1

The correct option is A ourselves

Here, ourselves as Reflexive Pronoun is correct because it is used when you and another person or other people together cause and are affected by an action. Here, 'one and other persons' are affected by bad study habits and it is difficult to get rid of them.
'Itself' is incorrect because it is used when the animal or thing that does an action is also affected by it.
'Themselves' is incorrect because it is used instead of himself or herself to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known.
'Yourselves' is incorrect because it is used to emphasize the fact that the person who is being spoken to is doing something. Example: You yourself are one of the offenders.