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Reflected pronouns? Reciprocal pronouns? - English lesson
Today, we'll tackle a problem leading to frequent confusions when foreign learners speak and write: making a difference between "reflexive pronouns" and "reciprocal ones"?
1) REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS: ‘me', ‘you', ‘him/ her/ it', ‘us' ‘them', ‘everybody'//
myself, yourself, himself/ herself/ itself/ ourselves/ themselves.) :
they're describing an action over oneself. You're looking at yourself in a mirror, but finally, there's ONLY ONE PERSON.
- She dresses herself, but is too young to be an expert yet...
2) RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS: they involve several different people, with an interaction between the people, or groups of people (two or more).
EACH OTHER and ONE ANOTHER: originally, grammar and usage made a difference between the two pronouns: EACH OTHER and ONE ANOTHER;
a) Each other: was used to deal with two people who were acting the one over the other.
- The twins are very close; yet, they keep annoying each other.
b) One another: several individuals interact with several other people possibly belonging to other groups.
- The students asked to work in groups to be able to help one another before the exam.
That's it! It wasn't that difficult, was it? Just watch whether you have one person, or two people acting. You can do it...
Intermediate
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