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It is not Liverpool I miss, but England itself.

The reflexive pronoun can follow the noun or pronoun that it relates to. Sally herself came back. It is hot in London: but I myself can work better when it's hot. The town itself was so small that it didn't have a priest. The lane ran right up to the wood itself. It can also be placed at the end of the clause. I am not a particularly punctual person myself. You'll probably understand better when you are a grandparents yourself. It is rare for Governments to take the invitation themselves. 1.122 You can use a reflexive pronoun to emphasize that someone did something without any help or interference from anyone else. In this use, the reflexive pronoun is normally placed at the end of the clause. She had printed the card herself. I'll take it down to the police station myself. Did you make these yourself?

Referring to a particular person or thing: demonstrative pronouns


1.123 When 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those' are used as pronouns, they are called demonstrative pronouns. They can be used as the subject or the object of a clause, or the object of a preposition. Demonstrative pronouns are rarely used as the indirect object of a clause, because the indirect object is usually a person and demonstrative pronouns normally refer to things. 'this' and 'that' 1.124 'This' and 'that' are usually used as pronouns only when they refer to things. You use them instead of a singular count noun or an uncount noun. This is a list of the rules. This is the first truly British fast food. The biggest problem was the accent. That was difficult for me. That looks interesting. 1.125 'This' and 'that' can be used as pronouns to refer to a person when you are identifying someone or asking who they are. Who's this? He paused at a photograph which stood on the dressing table. 'Is this your wife?' Was that Patrick on the phone? When you are introducing people, you can say 'This is Mary' or 'This is Mr and Mrs Baker'. Note that you use 'this' even when you are introducing more than one person. 'these' and 'those' 1.126 'These' and 'those' can be used as pronouns instead of a plural count noun. They are most often used to refer to things, although they can be used to refer to people. 'I brought you these.' Adam held out a bag of grapes. Vitamin tablets usually contain vitamins A, C, and D. These are available from any child health clinic. These are no ordinary students. It may be impossible for them to pay essential bills, such as those for heating. Those are easy questions to answer. There are a great number of people who are seeking employment, and a great number of those are married women. 'This', 'that', 'these', and 'those' can also be specific determiners. For more information, see paragraphs 1.182 to 1.191. See also cohesion in Chapter 9.

Referring to people and things in a general way: indefinite pronouns


1.127 When you want to refer to people or things but you do not know exactly who or what they are, or their identity is not important, you can use an indefinite pronoun. An indefinite pronoun indicates only whether you are talking about people or about things, rather than referring to a specific person or thing. I was there for over an hour before anybody came. Jack was waiting for something. Here is a list of indefinite pronouns: anybody everybody nobody somebody

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