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Decide whether the sentence below uses a reflexive or intensive pronoun.

Help yourself to some chips.

a: Intensive
b: Reflexive

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Answer: It uses an intensive pronoun.

Explanation: Although both intensive and reflexive pronoun look alike but they perform different functions. In the sentence above, the pronoun 'yourself' is used to add emphasis to the antecedent which is the subject.

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