Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns
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 fron...