"Reflexive pronouns are used when a person or thing is referring to the same person or thing."
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same. Reflexive pronouns end in "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural). There are eight reflexive pronouns:
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Singular |
(1) myself, (2) yourself, (3) himself, (4) herself, (5) itself |
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Plural |
(6) ourselves, (7) yourselves, (8) themselves |
Reflexives are part of Personal Pronouns. They are – Myself, Yourself, Yourselves, Herself, Themselves, Himself, Itself, Oneself.
(a) They are used to emphasis/stress:
(b) As object of the verb-Here what a person or thing does to himself/itself is shown.