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.
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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