Maxsus ta’lim vazirligi nizomiy nomidagi Toshkent davlat pedagogika universiteti qoshidagi akademik litsey Nurmatov J. N, Kudratov K. X

Verbs used with a reflexive meaning

Notice that English often uses intransitive verbs where other languages use reflexive forms, for example:

imagine, remember, apologize, move, sit down, wonder

With verbs for the following common actions that you do to yourself, a reflexive pronoun can be used but is usually omitted:

dressing, shaving, washing, bathing, showering

I shaved and went down to breakfast.
(Notice that ‘bath’ and ‘dress’ are rather formal; it is more usual to say take/have a bath and get dressed.) If a reflexive pronoun is used, this suggests that the person found it difficult to do the action:

He’s only three but he can dress himself.

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  Emphasis
  

Reflexive pronouns are often used to emphasize that an action is done by one particular person instead of another:

Please don’t wash my cup, I’ll do it myself.

The President himself will attend the meeting.

She was trying to calm Mrs Hogan but I noticed she herself was very upset.

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  ‘by myself’
  

Notice that the combinations ‘by myself’, ‘by herself’ and so on have a special meaning and can be replaced by ‘alone’ or ‘on my own’, ‘on her own’ etc.:

I’ll carry it myself. (I, rather than another person, will carry it)

I can carry it by myself. (I can carry it alone, without another person’s help)

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  ‘each other’