Reflexive Pronouns

[RonBee]

A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun. Examples:

• I did it myself.
  He convinced himself that he was right.
  She talks to herself.
  They did it to themselves.
  We put it together ourselves.

 

[Tdol]

There are very few reflexive verbs in English:

Pride oneself
Steel oneself
Avail oneself

These are the ones that come to mind this morning. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

Behave yourself.

:wink:

 

[MikeNewYork]

Behave yourself.

:wink:

Suit yourself. :wink:

 

[Tdol]

That suits me. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

That suits me. ;-)

What a nice suit! :wink:

 

[Tdol]

Can you think of any truly reflexive verbs? LOL! :lol:

 

[RonBee]

• A: I am hungry. I haven't eaten.
  B: I am hungry myself. I haven't eaten either.

(I have never before heard
Of a reflexive verb.)

 

[Tdol]

You can only pride yourself, can't you?;-)

 

[RonBee]

I have never heard of pride yourself before, but I know that one can take pride in oneself.

 

[Tdol]

We use it over here. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

We use it over here. ;-)

We use it here, too.

John prided himself in being able to move difficult issues toward resolution.

:wink:

 

[RonBee]

We use it over here. ;-)

We use it here, too.

John prided himself in being able to move difficult issues toward resolution.

:wink:

I can see that. But what about "pride yourself"? I can see using "take pride in yourself", but it is hard for me to envision using "pride yourself" in a sentence.

 

[MikeNewYork]

We use it over here. ;-)

We use it here, too.

John prided himself in being able to move difficult issues toward resolution.

:wink:

I can see that. But what about "pride yourself"? I can see using "take pride in yourself", but it is hard for me to envision using "pride yourself" in a sentence.

I pride myself on my meticulous attention to detail (not!). :wink:

 

[MikeNewYork]

Consider yourself at home.

 

[Tdol]

Good example, Mike. ;-)

 

[Casiopea]

Consider yourself at home.

:B-fly: Mike's home

 

[RonBee]

We use it over here. ;-)

We use it here, too.

John prided himself in being able to move difficult issues toward resolution.

:wink:

I can see that. But what about "pride yourself"? I can see using "take pride in yourself", but it is hard for me to envision using "pride yourself" in a sentence.

I pride myself on my meticulous attention to detail (not!). :wink:

That is a good example of the use of "pride myself", but apparently I am not the only one who has trouble thinking up a sentence with "pride yourself" in it. (Perhaps that is a BE usage.)

(Sorry if I am being a pain in the neck.)

 

[MikeNewYork]

We use it over here. ;-)

We use it here, too.

John prided himself in being able to move difficult issues toward resolution.

:wink:

I can see that. But what about "pride yourself"? I can see using "take pride in yourself", but it is hard for me to envision using "pride yourself" in a sentence.

I pride myself on my meticulous attention to detail (not!). :wink:

That is a good example of the use of "pride myself", but apparently I am not the only one who has trouble thinking up a sentence with "pride yourself" in it. (Perhaps that is a BE usage.)

(Sorry if I am being a pain in the neck.)

You're not being a pain anywhere. I don't hear the construction much, but it is in use in AE. :wink:

 

[RonBee]

I've got it!

How about:

• Do you pride yourself on your teaching abilities, Tdol?

• Do you pride yourself on your grammar talents, Mike?