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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPHATIC AND REFLEXIVE PRONOUN?

Emphasis means laying stress or showing the importance of something. 

Emphatic pronouns are used to emphasise the action of the subject. For instance,

1. He himself ordered the birthday cake.

2. I consulted the property dealer myself.

Kindly note that an emphatic pronoun can be removed from the sentence and the core meaning would not be affected. A reflexive pronoun, on the other hand, is vital. The sentence wouldn’t make complete sense or wouldn’t seem logical if you remove the reflexive pronoun.

 

We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause. Reflexive pronouns end in “-self" (singular) or “-selves” (plural).

There are eight reflexive pronouns, namely myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves.

Few instances of the same are:

· He was ashamed of himself after his misconduct at school;

· Please help yourselves;

· Infants are unable to look after themselves; etc.

 

An emphatic pronoun can be removed from the sentence and the core meaning would not be affected. A reflexive pronoun, on the other hand, is vital. The sentence wouldn’t make complete sense or wouldn’t seem logical if you remove the reflexive pronoun.

Compare:
He himself cut the cake. He cut the cake.
He cut himself. He cut …what?

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