{"id":12718,"date":"2025-01-19T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/?post_type=fl_news&#038;p=12718"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T01:09:09","slug":"english-study-series-part-21-diving-deep-into-reflexive-and-reciprocal-pronouns-introduction-to-reflexive-and-reciprocal-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"fl_news","link":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/fl_news\/english-study-series-part-21-diving-deep-into-reflexive-and-reciprocal-pronouns-introduction-to-reflexive-and-reciprocal-pronouns","title":{"rendered":"English Study Series Part 21: &#8220;Diving Deep into Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns&#8221; (Introduction to Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16455 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/21-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/21-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/21-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/21.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1090px) 100vw, 1090px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ahoy, grammar sailors! Today, we&#8217;re diving deep into the depths of reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, those self-referencing wonders of language. Let&#8217;s plunge into the depths with some examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reflexive Pronouns: She <strong>herself<\/strong> made the cake.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reciprocal Pronouns: They hugged <strong>each other<\/strong> goodbye.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reflexive pronouns reflect the action back onto the subject, while reciprocal pronouns indicate mutual action between subjects. So, next time you&#8217;re reflecting on actions or expressing mutual relationships, remember to deploy reflexive and reciprocal pronouns to navigate the seas of language!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[21],"class_list":["post-12718","fl_news","type-fl_news","status-publish","hentry","category-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fl_news\/12718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fl_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fl_news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}