Hello Anu, Could you please kindly clear my doubts? Best Regards Mariappan
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:20 AM, anurag barthwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
