Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 17:31:40 -0500

From: "Jeutonne P. Brewer" jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU

Subject: Re: reflexives



On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, elisa vazquez iglesias wrote:



Could you say "Shall I fix yourself a sandwich?"? What about "Shall

I fix himself a sandwich?"? Do you find any grammatical difference between

these two sentences?



Elisa Vazquez





I wouldn't use either sentence 1 or sentence 2.

The only grammatical difference I note is the pronominal reference in

the first part of the -self pronouns.



Jeutonne





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