The document explains reflexive and emphatic pronouns, emphasizing that they refer to the same person in different contexts. It provides examples distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate uses of these pronouns in sentences. Key rules include avoiding reflexive pronouns when 'with' means 'accompanied by' and emphasizing actions that deviate from the norm.

1. Pronouns
Reflexive and
Emphatic Pronouns

2. More than 90% of the
time we speak
‘Pronouns’

3. Sometimes you are
taking to yourself.
Reflexive Pronoun
When subject and object refer
to the same person.

4. Sometimes you are
taking to yourself.
Examples of Reflexive
Pronoun

5. Sometimes you are
taking to yourself.
Examples of Reflexive
Pronoun

6. Sometimes you are
taking to yourself.
Examples of Reflexive
Pronoun

7. But what will you do
when you need to
emphasize the
reflexive pronoun

8. Sometimes you are
emphatically talking to
yourself
Emphatic Pronoun
When reflexive pronoun
is used to emphasize the
particular noun.

9. Sometimes you are
emphatically talking to
yourself
Examples of Emphatic
Pronoun

10. Sometimes you are
emphatically talking to
yourself
Examples of Emphatic
Pronoun

11. In this way, we
can easily learn
Reflexive and
Emphatic
Pronoun

12. RECAP

13. Some memorable
facts
When verb is the common
occurrence like ‘shaving’ and
‘washing’, there is no need of
emphasizing with a reflexive
pronoun.
Incorrect:
He washed himself in the shower
for the third time today.
Correct:
He washed in the shower for the
third time today.

14. Some memorable
facts
But, even if verb is the
common occurrence
and exceptional work
has done out of the
ordinary. Then, reflexive
pronoun is used here
for emphasis.
Example:
He washed himself in the
shower despite his
massive injuries.

15. Some memorable
facts
When ‘with’ means to
‘accompanied by’, then
never use reflexive
pronoun after the
preposition ‘with’.
Incorrect:
Carla took lipstick with
herself to the classroom.
Correct:
Carla took lipstick with her
to the classroom.

16. That’s all Folks!