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Thank you We sneak in myself herself etcetera allah shmoop

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irene drove herself to the airport where she put herself

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on a flight to paris because she hopes to find

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herself while backpacking around europe While i really have some

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serious soul searching to do at least she's already discovered

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how to use reflexive pronouns correctly Reflexive opponents include the

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word myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves and themselves This

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particular brand of pronoun has never used is the subject

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of a sentence but only as a sense object Why

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Because justice is the name reflexive pronoun suggests the pro

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now reflects back on a sentences subject For example if

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we got a postcard from irene that said myself climbed

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the matterhorn today we've laughed hysterically because that senses really

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wrong Reflexive pronoun myself doesn't work is the subject of

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the sense however if irene's postcard instead said i treated

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myself to a gondola ride in venice today or i

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took myself to see the battlefield at waterloo way would

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not laugh it irene not only because she's correctly using

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reflective pronounces object but also because we'd be slightly jealous

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of her european wanderings Let's look at some more examples

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Involving reflexive pronoun say we have the sense irene sat

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herself down to a delicious meal of papaya in spain

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The object herself reflects back on the subject of the

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sentence irene for say we have the sentence a cute

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guy at the club in rome told himself irene wouldn't

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mind if he danced a little too close to her

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here The object himself reflects back on the subject of

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the sentence are nameless male club go er who might

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want to rethink how he approaches girls who don't know

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him We can also use reflexive pronounce toe add emphasis

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to ascend for example irene could send us another postcard

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that said i myself ran with the bulls in pamplona

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or perhaps i went to the topless beach at biarritz

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myself Well take away the reflexive pronouns in these two

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senses and we lose the drama of irene running through

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some very narrow streets with some very angry bulls in

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the drama of irene wandering around with lots of topless

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european women on a sunny summer afternoon No that wasn't

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an awkward experience at all was that i read all

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right we use reflexive pronoun says objects in a sentence

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When we want to reflect back on sentences subject or

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when we want to add emphasis to a sense And

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now it's time for irene to get herself back to

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the states You have been a blast But she's really 00:02:37.61 --> [endTime] missing chicken mcnuggets snickers bars and her mommy

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