Practice

In last week's lesson, Professor Bot taught you when to use reflexive pronouns. This week, he teaches you when not to use them.

Now, you try it!

Use the Comments section below and tell us about a time when you did something yourself, or a person or people you know did something by himself, herself or themselves.

For example:

After the holiday dinner, I washed all of the dishes myself. ("I" is the subject and "myself" is the reflexive pronoun.)

Subjects and their reflexive pronouns:

I…myself
You…yourself
He…himself
Her…herself
One…oneself
It…itself
We…ourselves
You…yourselves
They…themselves

Remember, do NOT use reflexive pronouns:

After prepositions of place:

Ex: I put Baby next to myself. (wrong) 
I put Baby next to me. (right)

Ex: I put my flour baby in front of myself (wrong)
I put my flour baby in front of me. (right)

After these verbs: meet, feel, relax, concentrate:

Ex: They will meet themselves at The Studio next Friday. (wrong)
They will meet at The Studio next Friday. (right)

After verbs that describe things we normally do for ourselves, such as dress, shave and wash​:

Ex: Anna got dressed herself for a day with her new flour baby. (wrong)
Anna got dressed for a day with her new flour baby. (right)