In all your years of hanging around with English speakers, you probably never heard someone say, “Come by the office and talk to myself” or “Would someone please tell myself what’s going on?” But ...

Dave in Elkland, Pa., wrote to me recently about pronouns ending in “self” — myself, yourself, and so on — and how annoying they can be at times. “‘Myself,’ in particular, drives me near distraction,” ...

Most of us use pronouns frequently in speaking and writing. We are familiar with most types and therefore use them almost without thinking, (e.g., “I,” ”we,” and “they.“) What may surprise you, ...

Reflection is generally a good thing, but it can be overdone — like spending too much time staring at yourself in a mirror. Similarly, reflexive pronouns, which play a distinctive role, can be ...

pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) are and how to use them? Pronouns ending in -self or -selves, as you indicate, Paolo, are reflexive ...

Chapter 5 of Lindley Murray’s English Grammar (1795) begins thus: A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. The definition is useless: ...