Reflexive

listen  If you are asking yourself what a reflexive pronoun is then you’ve come to the right place. Reflexive pronouns are used when both the subject and the object of a sentence refer back to the same person or thing. They are also used for emphasis. If you had driven yourself home last night you would have got yourself arrested for driving drunk. I almost did that myself last weekend. Here we use the reflexive to mean, me too. Many verbs that use the reflexive in other languages never do so in English. Every day she gets up, takes a shower, has breakfast, dresses and goes to work. When two or more people are both the subject and the object of a sentence we use the expressions each other or one another. Congratulations, you can compliment one another on a job well done. Don’t be ashamed if you find this complicated.

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