{"id":325,"date":"2021-12-21T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2021-12-21T17:25:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:25:17","slug":"reflexive-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/21\/reflexive-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflexive Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reflexive pronoun<\/strong>&nbsp;redirects a sentence or a clause back to the subject, which is also the direct object of that sentence. A reflexive pronoun comes when the subject performs its action upon itself. Here, \u2018itself\u2019 is a reflexive pronoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Since she is her own boss, she gave\u00a0herself\u00a0a raise. (Here, \u2018herself\u2019 is the direct object of the clause and the same person is the subject)<\/li><li>She allowed\u00a0herself\u00a0more time to get ready.<\/li><li>The computer restarts\u00a0itself\u00a0every night.<\/li><li>We told\u00a0ourselves\u00a0that we were so lucky to be alive.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Definition of Reflexive Pronoun:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<strong>reflexive pronoun<\/strong>&nbsp;comes when the subject and object refer to the same person or thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I don\u2019t need your help while I can do it&nbsp;<strong>myself<\/strong>.<\/li><li>I cut&nbsp;<strong>myself<\/strong>&nbsp;when I was shaving.<\/li><li>She blames&nbsp;<strong>herself<\/strong>&nbsp;for that incident.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t hurt&nbsp;<strong>yourself<\/strong>&nbsp;by playing carelessly.<\/li><li>We have enjoyed&nbsp;<strong>ourselves<\/strong>.<\/li><li>You boys should make it&nbsp;<strong>yourselves<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t blame&nbsp;<strong>yourself<\/strong>&nbsp;for this.<\/li><li>I love&nbsp;<strong>myself<\/strong>&nbsp;more than I love anyone else.<\/li><li>He spoke to&nbsp;<strong>himself<\/strong>&nbsp;in front of the mirror.<\/li><li>The refrigerator defrosts&nbsp;<strong>itself<\/strong>.<\/li><li>She is ashamed of&nbsp;<strong>herself<\/strong>&nbsp;for her deeds.<\/li><li>She loves to travel&nbsp;<strong>herself<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Sometimes I consult things with&nbsp;<strong>myself<\/strong>.<\/li><li>We can build a good combination&nbsp;<strong>ourselves<\/strong>.<\/li><li>They are doing it&nbsp;<strong>themselves<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflexive pronoun&nbsp;redirects a sentence or a clause back to the subject, which is also the direct object of that sentence. A reflexive pronoun comes when the subject performs its action upon itself. Here, \u2018itself\u2019 is a reflexive pronoun. Example: Since she is her own boss, she gave\u00a0herself\u00a0a raise. (Here, \u2018herself\u2019 is the direct object of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[373],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}