Personal, reflexive and emphatic pronouns: How and When to Use in English

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Personal, reflexive and emphatic pronouns

I buy myself a pen.	The pen is for me.
You buy yourself a pen.	The pen is for you.
He buys himself a pen.	The pen is for him.
She buys herself a pen.	The pen is for her.
It is a pen.	I buy it.
We buy ourselves a pen.	The pen is for us.
You buy yourselves a pen.	The pen is for you.
They buy themselves a pen.	The pen is for them.

Note:
• The pronoun it is used to replace a neutral subject (an object, for example), or to introduce impersonal expressions:

There is a bird on that branch. It is singing. There is a bird on that branch. The bird is singing.

It's hot today. The weather is hot today.

It would be good to wait. Waiting would be a good idea.

• To stress the pronoun, we can sometimes add myself, or for my part (emphasizing pronouns):

I myself disagree with what was said. I, for my part, disagree...

• Some examples of the use of you and me, or you and I, if the speaker and one other person are the SUBJECTS of the sentence:

This song is just for you and me. This song is exclusively for us.

You and I have the same dreams. We have the same dreams.

• Some examples of reflexive pronouns:

I'll do it myself. I will do it (alone).

We are enjoying ourselves very much. We are having a lot of fun.

Behave yourselves. Act sensibly!

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