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Pronouns and Determiners - Personal Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns

Reflexives are used when the subject and the object of the sentence are the same. Reciprocals are used when the object and subject act mutually on one another.

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Categorized English Pronouns and Determiners
myself

used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same, indicating that the action is done to oneself

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yourself

used when a person who is addressed is both the one who does an action and the one who receives the action

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himself

used when both the subject and object of the sentence or clause refer to a male human or animal who is being talked about

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herself

used when a female human or animal is both the one who does an action and the one who is affected by the action

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itself

used when an animal or object is both the thing that does an action and the thing that the action is done to

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ourselves

used when the speaker and one or more other people are both the ones who do an action and the ones who are affected by it

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yourselves

used when a group of people who are being addressed are both the ones who do an action and the ones that are affected by it

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themselves

used when a group of people or animals are both the ones who do an action and the ones who are affected by it

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oneself

used to refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause to show that the action performed by the subject affects the subject itself

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each other

used to refer to two or more people or things when they are doing something mutually or reciprocally

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one another

used to refer to the reciprocal relationship or action between multiple people or things

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