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In grammar, a reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, “I wash myself”. More generally, a reflexive verb has the same semantic agent and patient (typically represented syntactically by the subject and the direct object).
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A reflexive verb is a verb in which the person doing the action is the same that received the outcome of that action.
For example, “if I get dressed”, I am doing the action and at the end of that action, I am dressed, so I received the outcome of that action. But if instead, I dress my baby girl, then the same verb cannot be reflexive because I do the action of dressing, but the baby is the one receiving the outcome of my work.
The following video will show you step by step how reflexive verbs and reflexive particles work, and you will know when to use reflexive verbs and when not to.
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