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Tostyle un Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Basic English
Hello teacher,
I often hear people using itself in place of only, so are these correct ?
"He itself had given me the number.''
'He itself agreed to it."
Thank you.
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tostyle un I often hear people using itself in place of only This is not likely. You must be hearing it incorrectly. " Those are both wrong.
- tostyle un I often hear people using itself in place of only This is not likely.
- You must be hearing it incorrectly.
- " Those are both wrong.
- The reflexive must agree with the subject, thus: I, myself / you, yourself / he, himself / she, herself / it, itself we, ourselves / you, yourselves / they, themselves it itself is rarely used.
- The word 'it' is replaced by some inanimate object or abstract idea, thus: the book itself, the table itself, truth itself, tradition itself CJ
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tostyle unI often hear people using itself in place of only
This is not likely. You must be hearing it incorrectly.
tostyle un"He itself had given me the number.'''He itself agreed to it."
Those are both wrong. The reflexive must agree with the subject, thus:
I, myself / you, yourself / he, himself / she
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