# Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

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# Reflexive and emphatic pronouns: rules and examples

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Short answer. The -self words are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. They point back to the doer, or they stress who did something.

1 . Choose the right word. Grandpa taught ___ to cook at the age of seventy, with no help from anyone.

2 . Which sentence is correct?

A -self word points back to the doer or stresses who did it.

The -self words are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. They point back to the doer, or they stress who did something.

Children, help yourselves to the fruit. The boys dried themselves.

Wrong: Uncle gave myself a book. Right: Uncle gave me a book. (Someone else receives it)

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- The action returns to the doer . When the doer and the receiver are the same, use a -self word. This is a reflexive pronoun.
- Someone else receives it . If the receiver is a different person, use the plain pronoun, not a -self word.
- To add emphasis . A -self word can stress that the doer did the job alone. This is an emphatic pronoun. The sentence still makes sense without it.
- Match the doer . The -self word must match the doer: yourself for one person, yourselves for many. There is no hisself or theirselves.
- Children, help yourselves to the fruit.
- The boys dried themselves.
- Uncle gave myself a book. → Uncle gave me a book. Someone else receives it

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