The (Regular)REFLEXIVE/INTENSIVE PRONOUNS Page:

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Here's a use for pronouns that is kind of like putting catsup or mustard on a hot dog.

What these pronouns do is add a splash of emphasis.

The "reflexive" ones reflect (get it?) back on to a noun.

They do so from the other side of the verb.

 Here's an example: Ralph won one himself.

Intensive pronouns come right after a noun to make the meaning more intense (get it?).

 Example: Ralph himself won the lottery.

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To build either kind you take a personal pronoun and add "self" or "selves" to it: himself, herself, myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, itself, oneself, themselves.

In "standard" English that's all you have; some dialects use "hisself" or "theirselves,"but not when you want to be more formal.

More Examples: Here are a couple of reflexives:

Mary hurt herself.

Billy did himself in.

In each example the reflexive pronoun reflects back to the subject.

And here, a couple of intensives.

Jimmy himself talked her into it.

 They gave the award to Joan Farquar herself.

Here's some space for you, yourself, to invent a couple of examples :

 

 

 

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