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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

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By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar
http://wwwdrshadiabanjar.blogspot.com

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REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

PERSON SINGULAR PLURAL


1st Myself Ourselves
2nd Yourself Yourselves
3rd Herself themselves
Himself
Itself
oneself
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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.
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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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