REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS BY DR.SHADIA

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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

PERSON SINGULAR 1st 2nd 3rd

Myself Yourself Herself Himself Itself oneself

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PLURAL Ourselves Yourselves themselves

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EXAMPLES I saw myself in the mirror. I looked at myself for a long time. A reflexive pronoun is used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject of the sentence and the object are the same person.

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I saw myself in the mirror. I looked at myself for a long time.

and

myself

are the same person.

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Reflexive pronouns are also used for emphasis. Examples: Did someone fax the report to Mr. Lee? - Yes.

- Are you sure? - Yes. I myself faxed the report to him. - I faxed the report to him myself. Dr. SHADIA Y. BANJAR PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com

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Reflexive / Intensive Pronouns : the "self" pronouns These pronouns can be used only to reflect or intensify a word already there. Reflexive/intensive pronouns CANNOT REPLACE personal pronouns.

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Examples: I saw myself in the mirror. (Myself is a reflexive pronoun, reflecting the pronoun I.) I’ll do it myself. (Myself is an intensive pronoun, intensifying the pronoun I.)

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A reflexive = + pronoun ALONE

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EXAMPLE

Anna lives by herself.

Means “alone”

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