Reflexive pronoun.

[kitosdad]

NOT A TEACHER.

Could someone please give an example of a reflexive pronoun. TIA.

[paulmoss]

himself/ themselves etc

[Charlie Bernstein]

Here are all five:

myself
himself
herself
itself
themselves

They come in sentences after the noun they refer to:

I'd rather do it myself.
He did it himself.
Wanda hurt herself.
The world can't fix itself.
The musicians composed it themselves.

[Luizao]

or straight after the verb.

I love myself.

[paulmoss]

Here are all five:

myself
himself
herself
itself
themselves

They come in sentences after the noun they refer to:

I'd rather do it myself.
He did it himself.
Wanda hurt herself.
The world can't fix itself.
The musicians composed it themselves.

Dear Charlie
I reckon you have missed the other three: ourselves, yourself, yourselves

[dab14763]

Here are all five:

myself
himself
herself
itself
themselves

They come in sentences after the noun they refer to:

I'd rather do it myself.
He did it himself.
Wanda hurt herself.
The world can't fix itself.
The musicians composed it themselves.

You mean all eight including
yourself
ourselves
yourselves



David

[Charlie Bernstein]

PS -

In the U.S., people constantly use the word myself incorrectly. When they don't know whether to say me or I, they say myself, instead. If effect, they've decided it's better to be wrong on purpose all the time than to be right by accident half the time.

-My friend and myself took the day off.

-The committee selected fifteen tuba players, three acrobats, a tree surgeon, and myself.

=O.

[Charlie Bernstein]

You mean all eight including
yourself
ourselves
yourselves



David

Ouch! Thank you, David!

[Charlie Bernstein]

Dear Charlie
I reckon you have missed the other three: ourselves, yourself, yourselves

Sure, but who's counting? Not myself!

=O]

[kitosdad]

Many thanks folks. Far more replies than I expected, and upon reflection, the term is self-explanatory. Thanks again.