He, Him and Himself Rules to use in Sentences

This ultimate guide gives you a detail look at differences and examples of He, him and himself. We’ll also provide some grammar rules to properly use these words to avoid further confusion.

Now, moving ahead with our sessions on nouns and pronouns – He, Him, Himself. Let’s see how we can use these words by replacing the proper nouns in the sentences.

He, Him and Himself – Uses and Grammar Rules

We are aware by the English grammar rule that a pronoun is a word that will replace a noun in a sentence. Pronouns are used in the sentences so that the language does not become cumbersome with the repetition of same nouns again and again in a single paragraph. Some examples of pronouns are I, me, mine, myself, she, her, hers, herself, we, us, ours and ourselves.

• We know that the common words of the English grammar He, him, his and himself all refer to a male person or something belonging to him.
• The word ‘him’ is used to refer to a male person or animal that has just been already mentioned.
  
• The words They, them, theirs and themselves are used to refer to a group or something belonging to a group, and so on.

The truth behind the usage of different types of pronouns is that each of them serves a different purpose in a sentence.

Let’s have a look at some sentence examples using ‘he’.

• He is the man of my life.
• He is very clever and very handsome too.
• The criminal received the punishment he deserved.
• He ‘s the fifth in the line of succession.
• He brushed her cheek with his lips.
• He won the trophy of an All Rounder.
• He is the best athlete in the university.
• He is intelligent and focused.
• He has a good friend’s company.
• He has studied hard to remain on top position.

Him vs Himself with Example Sentences

We have been studying all this time that pronouns in English grammar have their reflexive forms such as myself for I, himself for he, herself for she, ourselves for we, themselves for they, and so on. The golden rule of English grammar states that the use of reflexive pronouns is important as they become necessary when the object in a sentence is the same as the subject.

Understanding that reflexive pronouns are also used to put an emphasis on the subject and also as preposition’s object. Check out the sentences given below to understand the usage of words himself and him.

10 Sentence examples using ‘him’ :

1. If you see Gaurav give him my love.
2. I want to love him.
3. Anita has one son and she adores him.
4. I don’t know about him.
5. If Antony comes to see me, ask him to wait.
6. I don’t want to ask him for help.
7. I have told him to come.
8. Robert asked me if I could help him fix his house.
9. I believe in him.
10. I shall not disturb him.

Let’s see how we use ‘He’ with ‘Himself’ in the same sentence: 

1. He himself was not aware of his lost bag.
2. He himself carried all plants.
3. He himself helped his friend to bring his broken cycle.
4. He is so good that he himself wash his own clothes.
5. He is himself to caring for his elders.
6. He is himself confident to grow.
7. He himself has a successful study track.
8. He himself finished all his work.
9. He himself removed his class furniture.
10. He himself clean his room.

Sentences where the subject and object are the same

• My little son loves to dress himself without taking my help.
• He injured himself while driving the car.

Sentences where putting an emphasis on the subject

• The great man himself signed the cricket bat for his little fan
• He did all the cleaning work by himself.

Sentences where we use reflexive pronouns – Him vs Himself

• A reflexive pronoun is used in the sentence instead of repeating the pronoun in a sentence and not to make it cumbersome. The word ‘himself’ is a reflexive pronoun and is used for emphasizing when the object and the subject are the same. For example, we can see here,
• The programmer gave himself a pat on the back when his seniors began implementing the software he created.

Till now we have got a greater understanding of the situation but although you should always avoid using the singular form until it is more widely accepted as good English. Now that you’ve learned and understood the difference between the usage of He-Him-Himself and got detailed information about reflexive pronouns give a thumbs up to yourself!!