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 feel so helpless. He can't remember what happened.

Such verbs are afford, approach, complain, concentrate, feel + adjective, get up,



hurry (up), lie down, relax, remember, rest, sit down, stand up, wake up, wonder,

worry.

e These verbs do not usually take a reflexive pronoun: wash, bath, shave, (un)dress

and change (your clothes).

Tom dressed quickly and went down to breakfast.

NOTE


a We can use a reflexive pronoun when the action is difficult.

The old man was unable to dress himself.

My back was very painful, but I managed to get myself dressed.

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186 Reflexive pronouns etc


22 PRONOUNS PAGE 240

b Dry in this context takes a reflexive.



Tom dried himself on a large yellow bath towel.

c We often use get washed, get shaved, get (un)dressed and get changed.



Tom got dressed quickly and went down to breakfast.

d For have a wash/bath/shave, • 87.

3 Emphatic pronouns

a We use an emphatic pronoun to emphasize a noun phrase. Self/selves is stressed.



Walt Disney himself was the voice of Mickey Mouse.

(= Walt Disney, not someone else)



The town itself is very ordinary, but it is set in lovely countryside.

(= the town, not its surroundings)

b The pronoun can also mean 'without help'. In this meaning, it usually comes in

end position.



We built the garage ourselves.

Did you do all this electrical wiring yourself?

NOTE


Myself sometimes means 'as for me', 'as far as I am concerned'.

I don't agree with it, myself.

4 Each other/one another

a These are sometimes called 'reciprocal pronouns.' They refer to an action going in

one direction and also back in the opposite direction.



The students help each other/one another with their homework.

The two drivers blamed each other/one another for the accident.

England and Portugal have never been at war with each other/one another.

There is a possessive form.



Tracy and Sarah are the same size. They often wear each other's/one another's

clothes.

b Compare the reflexive pronoun and each other.



They've hurt themselves. They've hurt each other.

c There is also a pattern each... the other.




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