Just because we still face this crisis doesn't mean we don't have any tools to help ourselves get back to work. We're ready, our folks are ready, we have the means to help ourselves, so don't get in our way and forbid us from doing that. We're sure to go under if we can't think of a way to help ourselves. (COCA, MAG: Huffington Post, Nothing Tasted as Good as a Head of Raw Cabbage)Ģ. Since most of us had to work in the garden during harvest time without pay we considered it a small compensation to help ourselves to the produce occasionally. To reinforce my theory I was trying to find some additional examples, and I came across these:ġ. The sentence itself leaves much to be desired. Thank you, Sir, for this thorough and clear explanation. I'm not sure if this would be appropriate in whatever context this sentence is from, but I would probably say something like 'We use a number of techniques to help us accomplish this task' instead. I'm not sure exactly what this sentence is about, but if I were writing, I'd probably avoid this structure because of exactly what you sense. That being said, there is a reflexive sense to the overall meaning and so I can see why you'd think that it should be a reflexive pronoun. Strictly speaking, 'help' is not reflexive because 'techniques' is its subject and 'us' is a simple direct object. 'I have a lot of work to do today', 'I have a number of calls to make'). This is a 'have' + object + 'to do' (and sometimes other verbs) structure that is quite commonly used (e.g. I find this sentence to be a little unnatural, but taking it as it is written, I would say the correct version is 'We have a number of techniques to help us'. GapFillDragAndDrop_MTU4NjI= Reflexive pronouns 5 = I had to be satisfied with a few euros. I had to content myself with a few euros. = She worked very hard to mend the lights. She applied herself to the job of mending the lights. = He was surprised when he realised that he was lying by the side of the road. He found himself lying by the side of the road. I wish the children would behave themselves. Would you like to help yourself to another drink? Some verbs change their meaning slightly when they have a reflexive pronoun as direct object: MultipleChoice_MTU4NTY= Reflexive pronouns 3 We often put the reflexive pronoun at the end of the clause when we are using it intensively for emphasis: Sir Paul McCartney himself sang the final song. especially if we are talking about someone very famous:.We use reflexive pronouns intensively to emphasise the person or thing we are referring to: He lived by himself in an enormous house. to show that someone did something without any help:.We use reflexives with the preposition by: (NOT himself)Īnd after with when it means accompanied by: We use reflexive pronouns as the object of a preposition when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:īut we use object pronouns, not reflexives, after prepositions of place: We’ve brought ourselves something to eat. We use reflexive pronouns as an indirect object when the indirect object is the same as the subject of the verb: He dressed himself in spite of his injuries. We only use reflexives with these verbs for emphasis: Michael dressed and got ready for the party. He always shaved before going out in the evening. We do not use a reflexive pronoun after verbs which describe things people usually do for themselves: We can use a reflexive pronoun as direct object with most transitive verbs, but these are the most common: amuse We use a reflexive pronoun as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:īe careful with that knife.
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