WREN MARTIN-english grammar-pronouns

 

Exercise 28: Sentences 21–28

21. The prisoners hanged themselves.

  • Pronoun: themselves

  • Type: Reflexive

  • Reason: The prisoners performed the action of "hanging" on themselves. The subject and object are the same.

22. The poor widow poisoned herself.

  • Pronoun: herself

  • Type: Reflexive

  • Reason: The action of the verb "poisoned" passes back to the subject.

23. They enjoyed themselves.

  • Pronoun: themselves

  • Type: Reflexive

  • Reason: In this context, "enjoyed" requires an object to complete the sense.

24. Don’t deceive yourself.

  • Pronoun: yourself

  • Type: Reflexive

  • Reason: "Yourself" is the direct object of the imperative verb "deceive."

25. I myself heard the remark.

  • Pronoun: myself

  • Type: Emphatic

  • Reason: It emphasizes the subject "I." You could say "I heard the remark" and the meaning would be the same.

26. He himself said so.

  • Pronoun: himself

  • Type: Emphatic

  • Reason: It emphasizes that "He" personally said it.

27. You yourself can best explain.

  • Pronoun: yourself

  • Type: Emphatic

  • Reason: It adds emphasis to the pronoun "You."

28. I will leave you to yourself.

  • Pronoun: yourself

  • Type: Reflexive

  • Reason: It refers back to the object "you" and follows a preposition.

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