And it‘s not because you‘re not smart enough, it‘s simply that you don’t apply yourself. Another Woman The reflexive pronoun “yourself” is used as the direct object of the verb “apply.” The verb “apply” means “to use or put something to a particular purpose.” In the sentence, the speaker is telling the listener to use their own efforts or abilities to achieve a goal. […]
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Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves are called reflexive pronouns. They are used when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same. For example:
I cut myself when I was making dinner.
She looked at herself in the mirror.
They enjoyed themselves at the party.
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Point 93 in the category of PRONOUNS / reflexive is defined as singular pronoun ‘itself’ for emphasis. An iWeb search for _nn1 itself: 1 GAME ITSELF 15067 2 LIFE ITSELF 10893 3 CITY ITSELF 7443 4 SYSTEM ITSELF 7390 5 PROCESS ITSELF 7192 6 PRODUCT ITSELF 6909 7 BUILDING ITSELF 5512 8 DEVICE ITSELF 4694
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Point 77 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: the reflexive pronoun ‘itself’ with ‘by’ to mean alone or without any help. collocates 4 spaces either side of ‘by itself’ in iWeb include: 1 ENOUGH 1922 2 CLASS 1155 3 SUFFICIENT 780 4 STAND 558 1416 5 MULTIPLIED 455 6 STANDS 366 7 MULTIPLY
The fixed expression “in itself” is used as an intensifier to emphasize the inherent qualities or significance of the subject matter.
