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Teal lime Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Wash or wash oneself?
Is it "wash" or "wash oneself"?
If both are possible, do they have the same meaning?
If not, when should I use each of them?
Would you please give me some examples?
Thank you.
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teal lime Is it "wash" or "wash oneself"? it corpus has 10,000+ instances of wash . ).
- teal lime Is it "wash" or "wash oneself"?
- it corpus has 10,000+ instances of wash .
- ).
- The reflexive pronoun can be used to mean the washing of all of one's body.
- ) We don't use it for parts of the body ( washed his hands ; not washed himself the hands ).
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teal limeIs it "wash" or "wash oneself"?
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The fraze.it corpus has 10,000+ instances of wash. Of those, only about 50 include a reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself, etc.). The reflexive pronoun can be used to mean the washing of all of one's body. (He washed in the river OR He washed himself in the river.) We d
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