Asked by mimis
Read the sentence.
Mariko decided to bake the cake herself.
In this sentence, the word "herself” is acting as a(n)
reflexive pronoun.
reciprocal pronoun.
objective pronoun.
intensive pronoun.
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intensive pronoun.
"Herself" here adds emphasis (Mariko did it personally) rather than functioning as the necessary object of the verb, so it is intensive, not reflexive.
"Herself" here adds emphasis (Mariko did it personally) rather than functioning as the necessary object of the verb, so it is intensive, not reflexive.
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