Question

Read the sentence. The governor himself wrote that he saw nothing unusual. Which word in the sentence is an intensive pronoun? himself that he nothing

Answer 1

The intensive pronoun are pronouns that add extra emphasis on the subject (or object) and which can be removed. In this sentence "himself" is the intensive pronoun.

Answer 2

The correct answer is himself.

An intensive pronoun is similar to a reflective pronoun.

Intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the subject of the sentence.

They are usually placed right after the noun or pronoun that they are modifying.

Some of the most common intense pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Intensive pronouns are not essential in a sentence, if you remove them from the sentence, the sentence would still make sense.