Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

  An   ache  is discomfort that continues for some time. It is usually associated with a specific part of the body, such as a headache, a stomachache, a toothache, an earache. After you exercise, the next day your muscles will probably   ache.  An ache is usually not extremely strong, so you can try to ignore it. Pain  is usually stronger, more sudden, and more difficult to ignore. You would feel  pain  when you cut yourself or hit your head on something. If you exercise and you injure yourself – break a bone or tear a muscle – you would feel a sudden  pain. We also have the expression  “aches and pains,”  which describes general and various physical discomforts. Your 90-year-old grandfather might complain about all the “aches and pains” he has at his age! Hurt  is a little different because it is usually used as an adjective or verb, not a noun. To describe an ache or a pain, you could say: My ankle  hurts.  = I have a pain/ache in my ankle. My neck  hurts.  = I have a pain/ache in my

  Reflexive pronouns   The reflexive  pronouns are  myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.  There is also a reflexive generic pronoun:  oneself .   Same subject and object   The reflexive pronouns are normally used when the subject and the object are the same person. She cut  herself  chopping the onions.  We really enjoyed  ourselves  at the party.  Talking to  oneself  is not necessarily a sign of madness.    After preposition   We can use reflexive pronouns after most prepositions if they refer back to the subject. He should be really proud of  himself .  With the 3-D printer and this scanner you can print a small version of  yourself .    NOT after prepositions of place   We don’t use reflexive pronouns after prepositions of place; we use object pronouns instead. She told her husband to sit in the chair in front of  her .  (NOT  of herself ) They put their luggage behind  them .  And we don’t use reflexive pronouns after  with  when it means