Hi Mariappan,

If I get time today afternoon, I will reply your question, otherwise I have
asked Lilian or Soniya ji to reply.

Sorry, a little busy. Could not reply you earlier.

thanks and regards
anu


On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:37 AM, mariappan balraj <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> 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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