Reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize that the person who realizes the action is the same who receives it. Here, some examples:
Subject Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns
I Myself
You Yourself
He Himself
She Herself
It Itself
We Ourselves
You Yourselves
They Themselves
- I'm doing this project all by myself. = I'm doing it alone.
- (You)Take care of yourself!
- He was working with that inappropriate tool and he cut himself.
- She killed herself.
- Love is not enough, in itself. = Love is not enough, alone.
- We've been studying for ourselves.
- You all must clean all this house, yourselves. Don't count on me!
- They should do that effort for themselves. It's worthy just for their own purpose.
Here, at Web2, and Perso Wanadoo, you can practice this issue a little bit.
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I liked to much this blog, I think so this can help me to study english..... (sorry for mistakes..shaush)
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