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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

emphatic or reflexive

Isn't "myself" more emphatic than it is reflexive here?

"I can carry it myself."
  

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If the emphatic pronoun relates to the subject, it presumably always has a reflexive element. MrP

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If the emphatic pronoun relates to the subject, it presumably always has a reflexive element.

MrP
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Isn't "myself" more emphatic than it is reflexive here?

Yes, I would say so.

It would be reflexive if it were

I might hurt myself.

CJ
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I agree with Jim.
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AnonymousIsn't "myself" more emphatic than it is reflexive here?

"I can carry it myself."

I'd go with CJ's answer if I were you, Anon.

Let us know if anything is still unclear.

MrP
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