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Intensive Vs Reflexive Pronoun
Intensive Vs Reflexive Pronoun
INTENSIVE PRONOUN
SINGULAR- MYSELF,
YOURSELF, HIMSELF,
HERSELF, ITSELF
PLURAL- OURSELVES,
YOURSELVES, THEMSELVES
THESE ARE NOT PRONOUNS AND THEY DO NOT
EXIST IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!!!!!
Hisself,
Theirselves,
Theirself,
Themself
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Reflexive sounds like reflection, the image in the mirror that
bounces back at you.
A reflexive pronoun tells us that whoever performs the
action in a sentence is also the one on the receiving end of
that action. In other words, the reflexive pronoun reflects
back to the subject.
A reflexive pronoun can be used as the object of the
sentence.
EXAMPLE:
THE PUPPY SAW ITSELF IN THE
MIRROR.
Itself is the direct object in the sentence. The
pronoun itself refers back to the subject. The
puppy saw the puppy in the mirror.