What do we know? We know that Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns are formed by adding -self to my, your, him, her, it and -selves to our, your, and them. They are called Reflexive Pronouns when the doer is both the Subject and the Object of the action expressed by the verb. However, the same words are called Emphatic Pronouns when they are used for the sake of emphasis. For example, in the sentence, "I hurt myself yesterday.", the Subject,"I", and the Object, "myself", refer to the doer of the action, whereas in "I did it myself.", the word, "myself", is used to emphasize that I did it without any assistance. I recommend taking this quiz after you finish reading this write-up. GRAMMAR TEST JUNE 21, 2023 There is, however, another difference between Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns that hardly receives the same amount of attention. An Emphatic Pronoun can refer to a person who is not the performer of the action. For example, I met the manager himself. But a Reflexive Pronoun always refers to the same person. She hid herself behind the curtain.
He praises himself all the time. In this case, both the doer and the person affected by the action are one and the same. Weekly Grammar Quiz Weekly Vocabulary Quiz ©
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