Q.15. Add reflexive pronouns and rewrite the following senten
emphasizing the underlined noun/pronouns.
a) You are responsible for the accident. Don't blame others
b)Ashish cooked the food.
Answers
Explanation:
Pronouns are called reflexive pronouns when the action of the verb turns back on the subject.
Reflexive pronouns are usually objects of the verb.
Eg: I fed myself the grapes.
You accidentally cut yourself last Thursday.
We blame ourselves for the accident.
Jonah helped himself to the food.
Lisa read to herself in the afternoon.
They bought themselves new shoes.
When reflexive pronouns are used to emphasize the noun, they are called emphatic pronouns.
For example:
She herself informed me.
They themselves saw it
Reflexive pronouns show that the action of the subject reflects upon the doer. However, an emphatic pronoun simply emphasizes the action of the subject.
Example:
She cut herself. - herself is a reflexive pronoun since the subject's (the girl's) action (cutting) refers back to the doer (the girl).
She herself cut the cake. - herself is an emphatic pronoun because it is emphasizing the subject (the girl).