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N the sentence below identify the type of pronoun which the italicized word is.

It can stand by itself .

reflexive
intensive
interrogative
demonstrative
indefinite
relative
ITSELF is italicized

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Answer:

Itself is a Reflexive Pronoun.

Explanation:

The reflexive pronouns are words that end with prefixes "self or selves".When the object and the subject in the sentence are same then reflexive pronoun is used. That is It is to denote that the subject is doing something by or to itself .These reflexive pronoun can act either as a direct object or indirect object . It is preceded by the adverb, adjective, pronoun, or noun to which it refers to. They also allow us to point back to, or reflect on, the subject of the sentence with clarity. The nine English reflexive pronouns are

  • Myself
  • Yourself
  • Himself
  • Herself
  • Oneself
  • Itself
  • Ourselves
  • Yourselves
  • Themselves.
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