Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns

​Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns

​Intensive pronouns and reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. These pronouns must always have antecedents. They agree with their antecedents in person, number, and gender.

​Intensive Pronouns

​An intensive pronoun is used to emphasize a preceding noun or pronoun.

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​ I myself have read many stories about survival.

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​In this sentence myself emphasizes its antecedent, the pronoun I.

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​Reflexive Pronouns

​A reflexive pronoun is usually the object of a verb or a preposition. It generally refers to the subject of the sentence

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​ Len bought himself a survival book at the store.

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​In this sentence himself is used as an indirect object. Its antecedent is Len, the subject of the sentence.