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.
Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the climate crisis. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years.