verbs which don't accept reflexive pronouns

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Hi there,Is it a rule that the reflexive pronoun can't be used with "relax / meet / concentrate / feel"?"Relax yourself!" sounds ok for me. (= Relax without any help, by your own means)"Feel yourself comfortable" also sounds ok FOR ME. (= stay in a relaxed position, without unpleasant feelings)

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

ahuramazdaIs it a rule that the reflexive pronoun can't be used with "relax / meet / concentrate / feel"?

Not a rule, but not a practice, either. I imagine it is used on occasion with all of those verbs except 'meet', where 'meeting yourself' could only happen in time travel or in Wonderland.

Ahuramazda · Answer

Thanks,
I've found it as a rule in Murphy's "Grammar in Use 2nd edition" . But, as I said, for me, some formulations seem ok. But I'm not Murphy, and I'm not English native. Thank you for replay.

In my laguage , with actual "meet" translatin, you can also meet yourself after a dark period in your life, for example, after you have given up alchool ... but you are more strict with the meaning of "meet", and, I suppose, you would say "you have found yourselfself". Right?

Ahuramazda · Answer

Can you meet yourself on the internet when someone else is using your name?

Mister Micawber · Answer

you would say "you have found yourself".-- Right.
Can you meet yourself on the internet when someone else is using your name?-- Only jocularly.

CalifJim · Answer

The only use of 'meet oneself' that I'm familiar with is in the idiom 'to meet oneself coming and going'.

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CJ

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