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Old 24-Apr-2004, 17:14
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What is the difference between:

1. I bake the cake myself.
2. I bake the cake by myself.


With reflexive pronouns, do we need to put the word "by" before the reflexive pronoun? Please advise, teachers! Thanks soooo much. ^o^
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Old 24-Apr-2004, 17:32
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What is the difference between:

1. I bake the cake myself.
2. I bake the cake by myself.


With reflexive pronouns, do we need to put the word "by" before the reflexive pronoun? Please advise, teachers! Thanks soooo much. ^o^
No, we don't need the preposition "by" for all uses of reflexive pronouns.

Your two sentences have different meanings.

1. I bake the cake; I don't buy it.
2. I bake the cake without any help from anyone.
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Old 25-Apr-2004, 16:21
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Thank you soooo much, teacher MikeNewYork! ^o^
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