Reflexive Pronouns
Use: We use reflexive
pronouns to show that someone who does an action also receives the
action of the verb.
Forms:
| Personal Pronoun |
Reflexive Pronoun |
| I |
myself |
| you (singular)
|
yourself |
| you (plural)
|
yourselves |
| he |
himself |
| she |
herself |
| it |
itself |
| we |
ourselves |
| they |
themselves |
As the object:
I hurt myself.
They call themselves
The Bucket Heads.
She burned herself.
To emphasize the subject:
She will write it herself.
(No one will help her write it)
They finished it themselves.
(No one helped them finish it)