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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

chatty self

Mary is just being her usual chatty self.

Could you explain this sentence? [particularly I don't understand the "chatty self"]
  

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Mary talks a lot about small matters. She chats a lot, so much so that people characterize her as 'chatty'. She was being natural (being herself) by chatting.

— Mister Micawber

  • Mary talks a lot about small matters.
  • She chats a lot, so much so that people characterize her as 'chatty'.
  • She was being natural (being herself) by chatting.
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Mary talks a lot about small matters. She chats a lot, so much so that people characterize her as 'chatty'. She was being natural (being herself) by chatting.
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Thank you Mister Micawber
Mary is just being her usual chatty self

So, I think, in this sentence the word "herself" separated into `her' and `self'.

Could you give me some examples where the word `herself' is separated like this one?

Also, if possible, could you tell me why the word `herself' is separated into
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I don't think that the reflexive pronoun has been separated. I think rather it is a use of the common meanings of the noun:

Self (noun)
1.a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one's own self.
2.a person's nature, character, etc.: his better self
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