In most sentences, somebody does something to someone else. For example: However, sometimes people (or things) do things to themselves, and this is when you can use myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves as reflexive pronouns. For example: Here are some real examples of reflexive pronouns: Note: Sometimes, the subject can be implied.
Former VP Al Gore copes with polluted image as divorce and alleged scandal makes headlines. Al Gore (3rd from r.) and his wife, Tipper (2nd from r.), in 2000 family photo, far removed from the current scandal allegations screaming across covers of tabloids (b.). To many, including one licensed massage therapist in Oregon, Nobel Prize winner Al Gore was Mr. Smiley Global Warming Concern - a pure-of-heart environmental hero.
Al Gore's 40-year marriage crumbled because of his wife's jealous rages that he was allegedly having an affair, it was claimed tonight. The former US presidential candidate separated from Tipper because she suspected he was sleeping with a string of glamorous women. Rather than her ending the relationship as previously thought, it was he who brought things to an end, according to U.S. reports. Split: Al Gore with wife Tipper in 2007. Their marriage has since ended. 'While there's never been proof that Al had affairs, Tipper allowed herself to suspect the worse,' a source told an American newspaper. 'I think she's always believed there was something going on between Al and many of the women in his life.'.