Reflexive Pronouns:
* myself
* yourself
* himself
* herself
* itself
* ourselves
* yourselves
* themselves
How they are used:
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object of a verb refer to the same person or thing. They reflect back on the subject.
Examples:
* "I hurt myself while playing basketball." (The subject "I" and the object "myself" refer to the same person.)
* "She painted the house herself." (The subject "She" and the object "herself" refer to the same person.)
* "The dog chased its tail." (The subject "dog" and the object "its" refer to the same animal.)
* "We made the cake ourselves." (The subject "we" and the object "ourselves" refer to the same group.)
Important Notes:
* Not all pronouns ending in -self/-selves are reflexive. For example, "I gave the book to myself" is reflexive, but "I gave the book to myself and John" is not. In the second example, "myself" is part of a compound object, not reflecting back on the subject.
* Reflexive pronouns are sometimes used for emphasis. For example, "The Queen herself visited the village" emphasizes that the Queen, and no one else, visited the village.
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