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VERBS THAT CANNOT BE REFLEXIVE
Several verbs that are
followed by reflexive The verb “relax” is not followed
pronouns in other by a reflexive pronoun.
languages are not
normally followed by
a reflexive pronoun
in English.

This is wrong.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

COMMON MISTAKES REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

A reflexive pronoun The subject of the sentence is “my boss,”
can only be used if so it is correct to use an object pronoun.
the subject and object
of the sentence are
the same. If the object
is different from the
subject, an object
pronoun should be
used instead. “I” is not the subject of the sentence,
so it is wrong to use a reflexive pronoun.

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