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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