Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

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Kirari Ki

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  • The noun being replaced is called Pronoun Antecedent.
  • Abstract Nouns are Intangible Nouns
  • Common Nouns are Tangible Nouns.
  • Pronouns are used to replace a noun.
  • "He made breakfast all by himself." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • "We had to cook for ourselves since mom wasn't home." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • "They used the camera on their cell phones to take pictures of themselves." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • "The parrot admired itself on the mirror as it cawed and spoke." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • "You may help yourself with any snacks stacked upon the table over there." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • "He hurt himself with a rusty nail. So, he had to get an anti-tetanus shot." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • Possessive Pronouns include the pronouns:
    • Her
    • His
    • Them
  • Introductory Pronouns include:
    • She
    • He
    • They
  • "When I saw myself in the mirror, I noticed a gash of pain across my cheek." is a Reflexive Pronoun.
  • Intensive Pronouns aim to emphasize a noun or a pronoun.
  • "The witch herself covered the whole city with an incantation." is an Intensive Pronoun.
  • "The cloud itself was hovering over the city." is an Intensive Pronoun.
  • "Jessica herself was worrying over her broken project." is an Intensive Pronoun.
  • Subject + Intensive Pronoun + Verb + Object is the formula of Intensive Pronoun.
  • Pronoun + Verb + Reflexive Pronoun is the formula for Reflexive Pronoun.
  • We don't have any oneself, themself, hisself.
  • "Charles himself completed the given puzzle." is an example of an Intensive Pronoun.
  • "During the typhoon, the house itself cannot withstand the extremity of the winds." is the form of an Intensive Pronoun.
  • "Mark himself gave the caricature to the family." is an example of an Intensive Pronoun.
  • "The folks themselves considered Alice as an exile to the whole town." is an Intensive Pronoun.
  • An intensive pronoun refers back to the noun that comes right before it.
  • Reflexive pronouns are always singular.
  • Reflexive pronouns are words that end in "-self" (myself, yourself, etc.)