Can you use reflexive pronoun when the subject is not the same?
Can you use reflexive pronoun when the subject is not the same? I came across this sentence when I was reading a grammar article in a site:
It's not usually used about ourselves.
Is it correct? Is it some kind of exception? Or the writer was just careless?
Top answer
It's probably carelessness. The sentence sounds perfectly fine to my ear, but technically it's incorrect. The writer's inner ear probably thought "We do not usually use the reflexive pronoun [about ourselves]", and it came out as "It's not usually used [about ourselves]".
- It's probably carelessness.
- The sentence sounds perfectly fine to my ear, but technically it's incorrect.
- The writer's inner ear probably thought "We do not usually use the reflexive pronoun [about ourselves]", and it came out as "It's not usually used [about ourselves]".
- CJ
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It's probably carelessness.
The sentence sounds perfectly fine to my ear, but technically it's incorrect.
The writer's inner ear probably thought "We do not usually use the reflexive pronoun [about ourselves]", and it came out as "It's not usually used [about ourselves]".
CJ
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