[Grammar] reflective pronoun

[Mohamm40]

Which sentence is grammatically correct?
1)The teacher divided the papers among themselves.
2)Please close the door after yourself.
3)He placed his cat next to himself on the couch.
4)Jack is thinking of bringing some work with himself.

Please, can somebody explain to me which one is right and why the others are wrong?

 

[emsr2d2]

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

1) The teacher divided the papers among themselves. :cross:
2) Please close the door after yourself. :cross:
3) He placed his cat next to himself on the couch. :cross:
4) Jack is thinking of bringing some work with himself. :cross:

Please no comma here can somebody explain to me which one is right and why the others are wrong?

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

They're all incorrect. Now we need you to work out why. Are you studying reflexive pronouns? What have you learnt?

 

[Mohamm40]

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

They're all incorrect. Now we need you to work out why. Are you studying reflexive pronouns? What have you learnt?

Oh I used wrong spacing sorry.
Can you answer the question about "Reflective Pronouns", please regardless of my spacing issue?

 

[teechar]

Hi, and a warm welcome from me.

Take a look at the explanation in the following link, and you'll discover the mistakes in the above sentences. Post below to let us know how you get on with it.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/reflexive-pronouns

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . Please, can somebody explain to me which one is right and why the others are wrong?

That's reflexive pronoun.

Why do you think one is right?