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efl
exi
vepr
onouns
Refl
exi
vepronounsareusedtorepresentwhenanacti
onref
lect
sont hesubj
ectit
self.Theyare
markedbytheuseoft heendi
ng'sel
f'
,whenitissi
ngul
ar,
or'
selves'
,whenthesubjectisplur
al.
Theref
ore,
thesepronounsmakenumberagr eementwit
hthesubject
.
Becauseiti
sar ef
lexi
veacti
on,
ref
lexi
vepr
onounsappearr
ightaft
erthever
binsentences.
Pr
ecisel
ybecausetheyagreewi
ththesubj
ect
,eachper
sonalpronounhasit
sownr efl
exi
ve
pr
onoun.
Per
sonal
pronouns. Ref
lexi
vepr
onouns
I
. My
sel
f
You. Your
sel
f
He Hi
msel
f
She. .sel
f
I
t. I
tsel
f
We. Our
sel
ves
You. .y
our
sel
ves
They
. Themsel
ves
Exampl
esofr
efl
exi
vepr
onouns
#Rayi
ntr
oducedhi
msel
fatt
hemeet
ing
#Hegotup,
dressedandr
ant
ocat
cht
hebus.
#Theybathedandwentbackt
othet
owel
tosunbat
he.#Ihat
edmy
sel
ffort
heat
ti
tudeIhad
y
est
erday
.
#Wesnuggl
eont
hecouchandwat
chamov
ie.
#Ar
ise!
Pr
eposi
ti
on
Preposit
ionsarewordsusedtomarkthegrammat i
calrel
ati
onshi
psthatnouns,adj
ect
ives,
verbsandadv erbspl
ayi
nspeech.Inot
herwords,preposi
ti
onsareli
nguist
icuni
tsdependenton
others,
thatis,t
heydonotappearal
oneinspeechandser vepr
eci
selytoestabl
i
shtheli
nk
betweent woterms.
Thati
swhyt
heyar
ecat
egor
izedasadependentgr
ammat
ical
class.
Cl
assi
fi
cat
ionofpr
eposi
ti
ons
essent
ial
preposi
ti
ons
Essenti
alpr
eposit
ionsarethosewordsthatonl
yfuncti
onaspreposit
ions.Exampl
es:t
o,befor
e,
aft
er,unt
il
,wit
h,against
,fr
om, si
nce,
in,
between,f
or,befor
e,by
,without,under
,ov
er,
behind.
acci
dent
alpr
eposi
ti
ons
Accident
alpreposit
ionsarethosewordsofothergr
ammat ical
classesthat,incert
ainsent
ences,
functi
onasapr eposit
ion.I
nthesentence"Act
edaccordingtohisconvict
ions",f
orexample,t
he
term"second",or
igi
nallyanordi
nalnumeral
,hasthefuncti
onofapr eposi
tion.
Exampl
es:
apar
tfr
om,
as,
accor
dingt
o,dur
ing,
except
,thr
ough,
less,
sav
ed,
second,
seen,
etc.
Pr
eposi
ti
onal
phr
ases
Theprepositi
onalphraseisformedbyt woormor ewordswiththev al
ueofpr eposit
ion,always
endingwithaprepositi
on,forexampl e:below,above,
inorderto,i
naddi t
ionto, bef
ore,until
,
aft
er,i
nsteadof,besi
de, despi
te,attheexpenseof ,i
nthewayof ,aroundwi t
h, opposit
e,infront
of,al
ongside,cl
oseto,becauseof ,t
hr ough,et
c.