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yoshi-pooh
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 Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: Which on would be better? |
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Hi, everyone.
Which pronoun do you think would be better in the sentence below?
Tracy tried to divert suspicion away from her/ herself.
I understand herself would be correct grammatically, but it seems like her is okay too.
I'd appreciate your reply.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| "her" is not good, unless you want to mean that Tracy tried to divert attention away from another female. |
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pinenut
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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The question can be looked at in another way.
If the subject of a sentence does somthing to the subject itself, one should use a reflexive pronoun. |
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