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# Intensive Pronoun
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An intensive pronoun is a word used when the writer or speaker wanted people to pay attention to who or what was doing something.
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The intensive pronoun is often translated as himself, herself, itself, yourself, or themselves.
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## What information is included in the form of an intensive pronoun?
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* **Case**- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
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* **Number**- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know whether there is one or more than one person or thing. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
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* **Gender**- The gender of a word helps the reader to know how that word is connected to each person or thing referred to in the sentence. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
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### More Information about this topic
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An intensive pronoun can also be translated as the same.
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See: Adjective; Noun; Pronoun.
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