REFLEXIVE AND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS CONCEPTS THEORY

Rule 1- 

 When the subjects of the verb is the receiver of the action, the action is said to be reflected. Such verbs are used reflexively.

• ‘Acquit, absent, avail, reconcile, amuse, resign, avenge, revenge, enjoy, exert, apply, adapt, adjust, pride’ overreach etc are used reflexively. 

• For example

• 1) You should avail yourself, of every chance in life.
• 2) They enjoyed picture last evening.
• 3) They enjoyed during summer vacation.
• 4) He resigned himself to his failure.
• 5) The former DM acquitted very efficiently.
• 6) He was determined to avenge the death of his wife.

Rule 2- 

• The following words are not used reflexively.
• ‘Keep, stop, turn, qualify, move, rest, bathe, hide’ are not used reflexively.

• For example

• 1) You should avail yourself from bad boys.
• 2) He has qualified himself for the post.
• 3) He hid himself in the room.
• 4) The thief hid money under the carpet.

Rule 3- 

    A reflexive pronoun cannot act as a subject or object of a verb unless it is preceded by pronouns or noun concerned.     

      For example

• 1) Myself will see to it that you get your share of property.
• 2) Yourself & he reached there in time.
• 3) I myself like him.
• 4) Raj will do it for myself and my sister.

Rule 4- 
The verb ‘to be’ should be followed by subjective form when the complement is pronoun. 
For example

• 1) It is I who have brought you home
• 2) Was it  who did it for you?
• 3) It will be us who will buy a new house.

Rule 5- 
Verbs and prepositions are followed by objective case of a pronoun.
For example

• 1) Between you & I Suhani is intelligent.

• 2) She is teaching Rohit & ‘she’

• 3) Let they go.

Rule 6- 

(a) Good manners require that the order of singular pronoun should be second person, third person and first person.

(b) But in plural ‘we’ is used before ‘you’ and ‘they’ after ‘you’. The latter order is also observed while referring to unpleasant acts.

For example

• 1) I and you will attend her wedding tomorrow.

• 2) He and you will share the mangoes.

• 3) You, Mohan and I will watch movie tonight.

• 4) We, you and they are leaving for Mumbai tomorrow.

• 5) You and I will be punished.

Rule 7- 
Use of possessive objectives (possessive case of the pronoun.)

(a) When two subjects are joined by

‘As well as, together with, along with, and not, in addition to, like, unlike, with rather than, except, no less than, nothing but, more (noun) than one, the possessive case of the pronoun (possessive adjective) is used in accordance with the first subject.

(b) When two subjects are joined by  Either-or, neither-nor, not only-but also, none-but’. The possessive case of the pronoun (possessive adjective) is used in accordance to the nearest subject.

(c) When the pronouns

‘Each, every, neither, either, anyone’ many a, more than one (possessive adjective) are used as subject, the possessive case should be third person singular. They may refer to two or more than two objects or persons.

(d) When ‘one’ is used as a subject, the possessive case of the pronoun according to one(i.e. one’s)

(e) When a pronoun is used for more than one noun or pronouns of different persons, the possessive case is in the form of first person plural (our) and second person plural (your).

For example

1) Each boy and each teacher required to bring their luggage.

2) One should do his duty sincerely.

3) Neither the students nor the teacher was playing in their proper uniform.

4) Reena as well as her children has returned to their home.

5) Only you & I have brought your books.

6) You & he completed their work.

7) Have you, he & I received their letters?

8) Neither of the two brothers has brought their bedding.

9) Each one of us is doing our duty properly.

10) Every one should do one’s duty.

11) My sister along with her friends is doing her job at Delhi.