The usage of emphatic pronouns?
Hello, I'm reading a peer paper now, and I wondered which of the followings were best in terms of the usage of emphatic pronouns.
1. Movement itself is quite attractive.
2. Movement is itself quite attractive.
3. Movement is quite attractive itself.
Aside from the contexts and meanings, I think of 1 and 3 as natural, and 2 as possible but I myself wouldn't quite use the emphatic pronoun this way. (I personally don't really like the word order for some reason.) So the question is, where would you place an emphatic pronoun when used with a be-verb, and which word order do you think is the best? Thank you in advance.
Top answer
#1 Also, this is possible. But why do you want to use a reflexive pronoun at all? Movement, in itself, is quite attractive.
- #1 Also, this is possible.
- But why do you want to use a reflexive pronoun at all?
- Movement, in itself, is quite attractive.
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#1
Also, this is possible. But why do you want to use a reflexive pronoun at all?
Movement, in itself, is quite attractive.
0YukiKandaI wondered which of the followings were best
I [wondered / was wondering] which of the following [was/is] best.
The first is best; the second next best (but the most interesting and intriguing); the third is the weakest.
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