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 ...

“If misuse of ‘I’ and ‘me’ is an irritant, the abuse of ‘myself’ is nothing short of a blot on humanity.” — Heidi Stevens, “Words Work” I once thought that my two columns about reflexive pronouns — ...

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 ...

pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) are and how to use them? Pronouns ending in -self or -selves, as you indicate, Paolo, are reflexive ...

A slip of the tongue is a common hazard in speech. Interestingly, depending on one’s level of excitement or agitation, the co-ordination between the brain and the tongue sometimes falters. Words get ...

IT SEEMS many people don't know how to use the reflexive pronouns (those that end in -self and -selves). The overuse of -self (particularly myself) is the subject of some rightly guided annoyance out ...

“Me” and “you” are small words but adequate. Yet plain speech is feared in some companies: too blunt, assertive, or human.