Question

what is Emphatic pronoun? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

An emphatic pronoun refers back to another noun (or pronoun) in the sentence to emphasize it. For example: The Queen herself attended the party.

Answer 2

Answer:

The emphatic pronouns are myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. (NB: These words can be either emphatic pronouns or reflexive pronouns. This page is about their use as emphatic pronouns.)Examples of Emphatic Pronouns

Here are some more examples of emphatic pronouns. In each example, the emphatic pronoun is shaded and the thing being emphasized (i.e., the antecedent of the emphatic pronoun) is in bold.

She will do it herself.

(The emphatic pronoun herself emphasizes that she will do it. The waiter won't do it. Her husband won't do it. Her son won't do it. SHE will do it.)

The scouts cooked these cakes themselves.

(The emphatic pronoun themselves emphasizes that the scouts cooked the cakes, i.e., not their mothers.)

I heard the lie myself.

(The emphatic pronoun myself emphasizes that I heard the lie.)

Note: It's not always about people:

The cat opened the door itself.

You can test if it's an emphatic pronoun by removing it and seeing if you get the same effect by emphasizing the thing you're trying to emphasize with your voice (shown here in uppercase).

SHE will do it.

I heard the lie.

THE CAT opened the door.