2020-12-23
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด R – Reflective & reflexive
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Reflective = ‘ri-FLEK-tiv’
ออกเสียง reflexive = ‘ri-FLEK-siv’
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group
reflexive
= A form of a verb in which the subjectand the object are the same,
for example, “He washed himself.”
American Heritage Dictionary
USAGE NOTE:
The reflexive pronouns,
such as myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, and herself,
are often used as emphatic forms:
Like yourself, I have no apologies to make.
The practice is particularly common in compound phrases:
Mrs. Evans or yourself will have to pick them up at the airport.
These usages have been common in the writing of reputable authors for several centuries:
“Let me say to you and to myself in one breath,
Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit inyour soil”
(Henry David Thoreau).
The strongest criticism that can be made of these uses of reflexives
is that like other emphatic devices they mayeasily be overused,
and when the pronoun refers to the writer or speaker,
the result of the emphasis may be
an implication of pomposity or self-importance.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
reflective
Did You Know?
Reflective people are people who reflect on things
--that is, look back at thingsthat have been done
or said in order to think calmlyand quietly about them.
Most reflective people would agree with Socrates that
(as he told the jury that would soon sentence him to death)
"The unexamined life is not worthliving".
Reflective people tend to be a bit philosophical and intellectual.
But almost everyone has reflective moods;
gazing into a fireplace or a campfireseems to do it to almost everyone.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Reflective & reflexive
These words are occasionally used as synonyms,
but reflective convey two meaningsnot contained in reflexive.
Reflective refers to something that casts back light, heat, or sound
(a reflective sheet of glass)
and someone who thinking, pondering, or meditating
(in a reflective mood)
Reflexive is now used entirely in a grammaticalsense,
applying to a construction in which a verb has
an identical subject and object (Idress myself).
The self words
such as myself, himself, and themselves arereflexive pronouns.
