• Some verbs do not usually take a reflexive pronoun, although they may in other languages.

    We'd better hurry, or we'll be late, NOT We'd better-hurry-ourselves. Shall we meet at the cinema?

    I feel uncomfortable. Just try to relax.

    Some of these verbs are: afford, approach, complain, concentrate, decide, feel + adjective, get up, hurry (up), lie down, meet, remember, rest, relax, sit down, stand up, wake up, wonder, worry

  • We do not normally use a reflexive pronoun with change (clothes), dress and wash.

    Daniel washed and changed before going out.

    But we can use a reflexive pronoun when the action is difficult.

    My friend is disabled, but she can dress herself.