Dave in Elkland, Pa., wrote to me recently about pronouns ending in “self” — myself, yourself, and so on — and how annoying they can be at times. “‘Myself,’ in particular, drives me near distraction,” ...

In all your years of hanging around with English speakers, you probably never heard someone say, “Come by the office and talk to myself” or “Would someone please tell myself what’s going on?” But ...

We all understand reflexes, those automatic actions that take place without thinking. Most of us have been to a physical at the doctor’s office, even if it was just to play little league back in the ...

Over the past few months, we at ProfHacker have written articles about class/course assessment and how important it is to get students’ input in class evaluations. Certainly, course evaluations ...

Reflexive pronouns are also used when an action is mutual between subjects. For example: Wir treffen uns im Park. We meet (each other) in the park. Reflexive pronouns are used to refer back to a ...