Question

She reads by____. (Fill in blank with correct reflexive pronoun)​

Answer 1

Answer:

She reads by herself.

Here 'by herself' means 'alone'.

Explanation:

Reflexive pronouns are words such as myself, ourselves, himself, herself, themselves, yourself, yourselves, itself, etc. that are used to describe the action of the subject on itself as shown in the examples below:

While playing, I hurt myself.

Great personalities train themselves to achieve higher goals of life.

He washed himself after he fell in the muddy water.  

On the other hand same pronouns used for emphasis are called emphatic pronouns.  

Answer 2

She reads by herself.

Herself is the reflexive pronoun.

Explanation:

• A reflexive pronoun is a word that ends in "self".
• It shows the previous subject i.e noun or pronoun.
• Reflexive pronoun reflects back to the noun in the sentence and acts both as a noun and pronoun.
• The examples are I did it myself.
• He himself went to the place.
• She herself cooked the food.