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,” ...

We all understand reflexes, those automatic actions that take place without thinking. Most of us have been to a physical at the doctor’s office, even if it was just to play little league back in the ...

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 ...

The position of reflexive pronouns depends on the tense the sentence is in and whether it is a positive or negative sentence. Higher Tier - Reflexive verbs with reciprocal meanings are verbs where the ...