Are the reflexive pronouns direct or indirect ? For example, consider this sentence:
I made myself a pizza
here "myself" is an indirect or indirect object ?
Also does the meaning change if I make it like this(and also tell me what is "myself" in the sentence, direct or an indirect object ?):
I made a pizza myself
Best Answer
The grammar and the meanings are different.
In [1] "a pizza" is direct object and "myself" is indirect object. "I" is the antecedent for the reflexive pronoun "myself", so the meaning is that the pizza was intended for the same person as the one who made it, and that person is you.
In [2] "a pizza" is direct object, but "myself" is not an object – it’s an optional modifier in clause structure, used solely for emphasis. The meaning here is that it was you and no one else who made the pizza, though we don't know who it was intended for -- it could have been you, or it could have been some someone else.