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Reflexive and intensive pronouns are words ending in -self or

Johanna Ramiro
Angelika Sochayseng
Bea Soriano
Reign Kylie Yamson
Dax Corpuz
John Ernest Bandoy
-selves that are used when the subject and the object of a
sentence are the same. This set of pronouns- myself,
yourself, himself, herself, oneself, itself, ourselves,
yourselves, and themselves can be used (1) to reflect the
action back to the subject or (2) to add emphasis to the
subject.

Consider the following sentence.

1. Gregor tried to make a name for himself.
TOPIC: 2. Gregor himself made plans to become successful.

Reflexive and The first example uses himself as an reflexive pronoun and
Intensive pronouns the second example himself as an intensive pronoun.
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Reflexive
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A reflexive pronoun can be a direct object in a sentence when the subject and the direct object
are one and the same. They can act as either objects or indirect objects. Adds information to the
sentence and thus is an essential element of the sentence.

Examples: Singular
The tree falls by itself.
He decided to become an artist himself.
Tree, the subject, is the object of falls in the first sentence, so we use the pronoun itself.
He, the subject, is the object of decided in the second sentence, so we use the pronoun himself.

Examples: Plural
They made a giant cake by themselves.
You can win yourselves.
They, the subject, is the object of made in the first sentence, so we use the pronoun themselves.
You, the subject, is the object of win in the second sentence, so we use the pronoun yourselves.
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Intensive pronouns are reflexive pronouns that are used to emphasize the subject or antecedent
in a sentence, usually find right after the noun or pronoun it’s modifying, but not necessarily.
(NOTE: The sentence can still make sense even without a reflexive pronoun)

Example
Mike himself led the project
Samantha herself wants to become a successful doctor.

The sentence would still make sense if we removed himself—“Mike led the project.”
Therefore, himself is an intensive pronoun in the first sentence. The same as the second sentence
once we removed herself —“Samantha wants to become a successful doctor.” The intensive
pronoun is herself.
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