PDA

View Full Version : Reflexive pronoun


lagren
04-12-2004, 07:38 AM
Please, tell me which one the the right reflexsive pronoun in these sentence."himself or herself".

1.She always referred to her husband as himself, although she had poor opinion of him,herself.


Thanks,
lagren

Pete
04-13-2004, 10:19 AM
Please, tell me which one the the right reflexsive pronoun in these sentence."himself or herself".

1.She always referred to her husband as himself, although she had poor opinion of him,herself.
...
I'm not sure what the first part of your sentence means, but it sounds as if "himself" refers to the husband; in the second clause, the final word, herself, is an intensive pronoun, emphasizing the subject "she".