Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable reflexive or emphasising pronouns:
I ______ spoke to the Director General of Police. He assured me that he would ________ look into my case.

• A. myself, himself
• B. himself, ourselves
  
• C. himself, himself
  
• D. myself, ourselves
  

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

myself, himself

When the subject and the object of the verb is the same person or thing, we use a reflexive pronoun. When reflexive pronouns are used to put emphasis on a particular noun, they are called emphatic pronouns.

The emphasising pronoun for singular first person 'I' is 'myself'. Thus the first blank must be 'myself'.

We can thus eliminate options B and C as incorrect answers.

The reflexive pronoun for singular third person is 'himself','herself' or 'itself' according to the gender of the noun.

In the given sentence the noun is a male. So, the reflexive pronoun used must be 'himself'.

Thus option A is the correct answer.

'Ourselves' is the reflexive pronoun for the plural first person. Thus option D is also incorrect.