Reflexive pronouns
1. Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. They refer back to the subject forms of personal pronouns:
subject pronoun reflexive pronouns
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I myself
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you yourself
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he himself
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she herself
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it itself
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one oneself
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we ourselves
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you(plural) yourselves
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they themselves
2. We use reflexive pronouns when the subject and object of a verb are the same person(s) or thing(s).
3. We can also use reflexive pronouns to emphasize that someone has done something without help from anyone else. In these case, we can remove the reflexive pronouns without changing the meaning.
4. We can also put the reflexive pronoun immediately after the subject. We usually do this to emphasize the noun or pronoun it refers to.
5. We use reflexive pronouns after certain verbs to show a specific meaning.