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Reflexive Pronouns

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A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever,

whose,
someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun. In the sentence Joe saw Jill,
and he waved at her, the pronouns he and her take the place of Joe and Jill, respectively.

Reflexive pronouns

Personal pronouns

Reflexive
pronoun

Example

I, me

myself

I looked at myself in the


mirror.

you, you (singular)

yourself

Did you hurt yourself when


you fell?

he, him

himself

He burnt himself when he


was cooking.

she, her

herself

Her real name is Mariella, but


she calls herself Mary.

it, it

itself

The animal hurt itself trying


to escape.

we, us

ourselves

We blamed ourselves for the


mistake.

you, you (plural)

yourselves

You can help yourselves to


tea and coffee.

themselves

The children can look


afterthemselves for a short
time.

they, them

Compare the words in bold in these pairs of sentences:

Liz saw me.

I saw myself in the mirror.

Tom saved her.

She saved herself.

They blamed us.

We blamed ourselves.

We sent you an email.


You sent yourself an email.
We looked after them.
They looked after themselves.

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