This week’s article focuses on additional uses of the pronoun for communicative contexts. We shall be considering the following types of pronouns: reflexive and intensive pronouns, interrogative ...

The position of reflexive pronouns depends on the tense the sentence is in and whether it is a positive or negative sentence. Higher Tier - Reflexive verbs with reciprocal meanings are verbs where the ...

Dave in Elkland, Pa., wrote to me recently about pronouns ending in “self” — myself, yourself, and so on — and how annoying they can be at times. “‘Myself,’ in particular, drives me near distraction,” ...

In all your years of hanging around with English speakers, you probably never heard someone say, “Come by the office and talk to myself” or “Would someone please tell myself what’s going on?” But ...

Reflection is generally a good thing, but it can be overdone — like spending too much time staring at yourself in a mirror. Similarly, reflexive pronouns, which play a distinctive role, can be ...

This article discusses the passive of reflexive verbs in German and Icelandic. This passive poses a challenge for Binding Principle A as it can be shown that its implicit argument, although ...