What is the difference between her and herself?
her | herself |
Belonging to her.
The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
* February 1896 , Ground-swells'', by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine ; page 183:
(reflexive) Her;
* , chapter=17
, title= (emphatic) She;
(slang) A self-important female.
As pronouns the difference between her and herself
is that her is the form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc while herself is her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.As a determiner her
is belonging to her.her
English
(wikipedia her)Alternative forms
*Determiner
- This is her book
See also
(English personal pronouns)Pronoun
- Give it to her (after preposition)
- He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
- He treated her for a cold (direct object)
- "Then what became of her ?"
- "Her'? Which ‘'''her'''’? The park is full of ‘' hers ’."
- "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
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Pronoun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}