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Grammar and Linguistics > Reflexive pronouns again))))
Reflexive pronouns again))))
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ladzoya
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Reflexive pronouns again))))
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Hello every one! I need your help again with reflexive pronouns. I am in confusion. In most English resourses such verbs as FEEL relax wash etc. we do NOT use reflexive pronouns. But in one English book I have found the information that we use reflexive pronouns after the verbs be look seem FEEL. May be somebody knows when FEEL is possible? |
6 Dec 2018
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redcamarocruiser
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He feels himself falling asleep. He feels himself starting to get drunk, but he keeps on drinking.� He feels himself getting dizzy.�A man is only as old as he feels himself to be. They felt themselves getting bored. At work a man does not feel himself at home. He felt himself inferior. He felt himself coming down with a cold. He felt himself compelled to weigh in.
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6 Dec 2018
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ladzoya
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Thanks for examples! If there any rule when to use feel with reflexive pronouns? |
6 Dec 2018
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redcamarocruiser
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I looked for a grammar rule, but so far didn �t find one. He noticed himself getting sleepy means the same thing as he felt himself getting sleepy. So, maybe we can substitute feels for notices. I hope someone more knowledgeable in grammar will weigh in.
I did find this rule: When the subject and the object refer to the same person or thing we use reflexive pronouns.
Exit: Thanks FrauSue for seducing the rules (below)!
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6 Dec 2018
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FrauSue
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Based on your examples, I think we could say that the rule is when a second verb is involved. Subject + feel + adjective --> He felt sleepy. Subject + feel + reflexive pronoun + verbING ... --> He felt himself getting sleepy. (Or: He felt that he was getting sleepy.) |
8 Dec 2018
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