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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'herself' is used as the object of the verb or the preposition?

Hi teachers,
In the following sentence, 'herself' is used as the object of the verb or the preposition?
“I’m going to find a boyfriend with a car!” Julia is thinking to herself.

Thanks in advance.
  

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"Herself" is the object of the preposition "to". It is related to the verb, not directly, but via the preposition. BillJ

— BillJ

  • "Herself" is the object of the preposition "to".
  • It is related to the verb, not directly, but via the preposition.
  • BillJ
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"Herself" is the object of the preposition "to".

It is related to the verb, not directly, but via the preposition.

BillJ
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Hi BillJ,
Thank you very much for your help.

TS
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