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Thoithoi O'Cottage
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Reflexive pronouns not in the grammatical subject slot Nov 5, 2015 17:24:51 GMT 5.5 via Tapatalk

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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Nov 5, 2015 17:24:51 GMT 5.5

Let's consider the two sentences:
(1) *Rita said herself witnessed the incident.
(2) Rita said she hated herself for what she did.

Let us see what is the difference between the two uses of "herself" in the sentences above and explain why (1) is ungrammatical while (2) is.

Last Edit: Nov 5, 2015 17:27:56 GMT 5.5 by Thoithoi O'Cottage

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