Soi or soi-même?

Blix
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16/02/18
I apologize, here is the question:
An A2 question asks the french translation of "One must always look in front of oneself." I responded with "Il faut toujours regarder devant soi-même," and it was marked as incorrect. The correct answer was "Il faut toujours regarder devant soi." I am confused why one would not use "soi-même" for "oneself" in this instance.

Michael
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17/02/18
I think its because you need a stress pronoun after a preposition such as devant rather than stress+même.
Chris
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19/02/18
Aurélie and Laura have answered this very same question asked by a later poster.
-- Chris.
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Blix
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16 February 2018
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Soi or soi-même?
This question relates to:
French lesson "Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles (advanced stress pronouns)"