2023年1月6日 · Same source from above, it lists verbs that is called "nonreflexive", which rejects reflexive verb but may require non-reflexive counterpart, such as: blame, accuse, admire, amuse, dislike, feed, get, hurt, persuade Huddleston & Pullum (2002 p. 1486) prefer to categorize usage of reflexive pronoun mainly by its syntactical structure.

2024年8月21日 · Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object are the same person or thing. In this case, “it” and “her” are different, so “herself” is not needed1.

There are a number of other gender neutral third person reflexive pronouns such as hirself, zirself, xyrself, and coself. If you're talking about a specific person and know which pronouns they favor, use them.

2015年3月4日 · Let's say, for some reason, that it's preferable to avoid pronouns when referring to someone. With most forms of pronouns, it's easy to do so by substituting the appropriate name in. Consider: She

2014年11月9日 · We use reflexive pronoun after some verbs like *avail ourself, acquitted himself, absented themselves * etc and some time we have to avoid from reflexive pronoun after some verbs like break, burst,...

2020年12月12日 · While searching online for an answer, I came across a few guides that claim you should not use reflexive pronouns in compound objects yet proceed to give examples for which a reflexive pronoun would be inappropriate even if the object were not compound! My guess is that a reflexive pronoun should be used, as not using one could cause ambiguity.

This is what the Oxford Guide to English Grammar by John Eastwood says: 1 After prepositions we sometimes use the personal pronouns and sometimes the reflexive pronouns. The personal pronouns are used when it is clear that the pronoun refers to the subject. 2 Sometimes we use the reflexive pronoun to make the meaning clear.

2014年12月24日 · We have a highly regarded answer by nohat to a question about gender-neutral pronouns, in which he points to the "singular they" and its long history of use in English. (Note that he also advises a...

2019年9月25日 · Reflexive pronouns have two main uses: a complement use where they are obligatory, as in "Ed hurt himself", and an emphatic use where they are optional, as in "Ed designed the house himself". It's the latter use that is sometimes called 'intensifying'.

2016年11月9日 · This short entry, apart from giving interesting examples, points out that the presence of a reflexive pronoun is not necessary for a verb to qualify as reflexive. They kissed is a reflexive usage (reciprocal). It also points out behave as an intransitive verb that nevertheless admits a reflexive pronoun, as in your example.