{"id":2282,"date":"2018-05-10T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2018-05-10T23:19:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T03:19:30","slug":"reflexive-pronouns-myself-himself-herself-ourselves-and-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/reflexive-pronouns-myself-himself-herself-ourselves-and-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflexive Pronouns: Myself, Himself, Herself, Ourselves, and Themselves (Never Theirselves…Let\u2019s Get That Straight in the Title of This Post!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did you know that there is a group of pronouns called reflexive pronouns? I know, right? Not mentioned that often. I hardly remember studying them in school at all. And yet, we use them all the time\u2014and even eloquent people use them wrong quite often. (How many interviews or speeches have you heard someone say, \u201cThen my friend and myself….\u201d or \u201cHe began talking to my friend and myself…\u201d WRONG!<\/p>\n

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So here is the scoop…that I am giving to you by MYSELF…actually my technical assistant will put this all together HERSELF and make it look amazing, so I can\u2019t really say that I am doing it all by MYSELF. Sorry…..I couldn\u2019t help it…<\/p>\n

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First of all, myself, yourself, and ourselves are pronouns known as reflexive pronouns. That is, they reflect back to the antecedent (a noun or pronoun earlier in the sentence).<\/p>\n

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When we say that Donna is the antecedent to herself in the sentence \u201cDonna gave herself a pat on the back,\u201d we are saying that herself is a pronoun and Donna is the antecedent (the word that herself refers back to).<\/p>\n

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So, reflexive pronouns reflect or refer back to another word. They cannot be used alone (i.e. myself can not be used without a noun or pronoun earlier in the sentence as its antecedent).
\n1.       I bought myself some candy. (Myself refers back to\/is reflexive of I.)
\n2.       Donna bought herself some candy. (Herself refers back to\/is reflexive of Donna.)
\n3.       He looked at himself in the mirror. (Himself refers back to\/is reflexive of He.)<\/p>\n

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The key to understanding and using reflexive pronouns is to not use THEM by THEMSELVES!<\/p>\n

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Thus, you wouldn\u2019t say the following:
\n1.       Ray and myself went to town. (There is no noun for myself to refer back to. You need the subjective I in this sentence\u2026Ray and I.)
\n2.       They gave it to him and myself. (Same thing\u2014no noun or pronoun for myself to refer back to.)<\/p>\n

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