Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns, A word referring to the same person or thing
What Are Reflexive Pronouns?
"Reflexive pronouns are used when a person or thing is referring to the same person or thing."
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same. Reflexive pronouns end in "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural). There are eight reflexive pronouns:
| Singular | (1) myself, (2) yourself, (3) himself, (4) herself, (5) itself | |
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| Plural | (6) ourselves, (7) yourselves, (8) themselves |
Reflexives are part of Personal Pronouns. They are – Myself, Yourself, Yourselves, Herself, Themselves, Himself, Itself, Oneself.
(a) They are used to emphasis/stress:
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- • I did write the letter • I myself wrote the letter. (It gives more stress/force) OR
- • The letter was written by myself. (They can be placed after noun or at the end of the sentence.)
(b) As object of the verb-Here what a person or thing does to himself/itself is shown.
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- • The Lady dressed before the mirror. • The Lady dressed herself before the mirror.
- • The child hid behind the tree. • The child hid itself behind the tree.
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