reflexive vs personal pronoun
personal pronoun vs reflexivereflexive and personal pronoun both are nouns.
reflexive is an adjective but personal pronoun is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reflexive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| personal pronoun | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
personal pronoun is a hypernym of
reflexive; that is, personal pronoun is a
word with a broader meaning than reflexive:
- reflexive: a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
- personal pronoun: a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
| reflexive (noun) | personal pronoun (noun) |
|---|---|
| a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | a pronoun expressing a distinction of person |
| reflexive (adjective) | personal pronoun (adjective) |
|---|---|
| referring back to itself | |
| without volition or conscious control |
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