Hi,
I got full or partial answers. Please correct me if anything wrong.
1) You express yourself very imperfectly.
yourself - Indirect object. It answers the question "To whom?"
You express him very imperfectly. [here him replace yourself]
It is clear that yourself is "reflexive pronoun".
2) I wash myself when I get up.
I thought wash means "clothes washing". But it is bath.
So clearly myself is "reflexive pronoun".
3) They enjoyed themselves.
First I don't understand the meaning of the sentence.
Does the sentence "They enjoyed him" meaningful.
4) He set himself a hard task.
We can say "He set him a hard task".
himself - Indirect object.
It is clear that himself is reflexive pronoun.
5) We exerted ourselves.
6) Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
7) whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased.
Please answer to other questions.
Best Regards
Mariappan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:07 PM, 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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