Hi,
I used to confuse to differentiate reflexive and emphatic
pronouns. Can you please answer to the following questions? Please
give the reason also.
1) You express yourself very imperfectly. [yourself - Reflexive pronoun]
What is the meaning of yourself here? Is it "about you"?
Can we rewrite the sentence like "You express about you very
imperfectly" ?
2) I wash myself when I get up.
Can we say the above statement as "I wash when I get up". ?
Is myself "Emphatic pronoun" ?
3) They enjoyed themselves.
Can we say just "They enjoyed". Is themselves "Emphatic Pronoun" ?
4) He set himself a hard task
Is himself "Emphatic pronoun" ?
5) We exerted ourselves.
Can we just say "We exerted"?
Is ourselves emphatic pronoun?
6) Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
What is the meaning of the sentence? Is thyself reflective or
emphatic?
7) whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased
What is the meaning of the sentence? Is himself reflective or
emphatic?
Best Regards
Mariappan
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