CONTINUATION :

(11) ‘Each other’ is used for two; ‘one another’, for more than two:

The two brothers love each other.

All the member of the family respects one another.

(12) Verbs like pride, resign, enjoy, avail, apply, absent, assert, acquit are followed by reflexive pronoun:

Wrong: He resigned to fate.

Right: He resigned himself to fate.

Wrong: They enjoyed in the party.

Right: They enjoyed themselves in the party.

(13) Verbs like stay, conceal, qualified, keep, rest, spread are never followed by reflexive pronoun:

Wrong: He kept himself away from the game.

Right: He kept away from the game.

6.3.2 PRACTICE SET

Incorrect	correct
This is the chair whose price is very low.	This is the chair the price of which is very low.
Why did you absent from the college?	Why did you absent yourself from the college?
He failed to qualify himself for the interview.	He failed to qualify for the interview.
It is I who is responsible for this.	It is I who am responsible for this.
Either of these books serve the purpose.	Either of these books serves the purpose.