Question

In the early 1840s adventurous settlers readied themselves for the overland to the west

Answer 1

Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:

What is the pronoun in the sentence, and is it personal, intensive, or reflexive?

In the early 1840's, adventurous settlers readied themselves for the overland trip to the West.

Answer:

Themselves, reflexive

Explanation:

The sentence above features the reflective pronoun "Themselves". This type of pronoun is one that presents a reflexive action that redirects itself to the subject of the sentence.

The subject of the sentence shown in the sentence above is "adventurous settlers" and we can see that "readied" is a reflexive action that falls on them, making "themselves" a reflective pronoun.

Every reflexive pronoun has the ending "self" or "selves".