Reflexive Pronoun

Reflexive Pronoun

·         Reflexive Pronoun pronoun is a combination of –self  with one of the personal pronoun or with the impersonal pronoun one. The most common use of the reflexive pronoun is as an object that “ reflects back” to the subject in other words, it has same identity as the subject.

·         Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause. They either end in –self, as in the singular form, or –selves as in the plural form.

 The Singular Reflexive pronoun are

·                      Myself

·                     Yourself

·                      Himself,Herself,Itself

 The Plural Reflexive pronoun include are

·               Ourselves

·                    Yourselves

·                   Themselves

 

All of the above pronouns are used to rename the subjects of action verbs and function as different types of objects. If the reflexive pronoun is taken out of the sentence, it won’t make sense

Example for Singular Reflexive Pronoun :          The young man  was singing happily to herself.

                                                                        I will do it myself.

Example For Plural Reflexive Pronoun:    All right friends. Don’t be shy, just help yourselves.

                                                                         His birhday party was great. We enjoyed ourselves

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