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Reflexive Pronouns for Emphasis

We can also use a reflexive pronoun to show that the speaker is giving emphasis to a particular noun or pronoun.

Example: The movie star herself shook hands with us.

但我这样做的一道题为什么就不对呢？

Mrs Pravin herself mops.

*请用中文解答

Answer 1

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你這句Mrs Pravin herself mops，反身代名詞作強調用法：問題並不是出於反身代名詞的位置與本身，而是mops這個動詞，因mop通常都是用作及物動詞(transitive verb)，意謂”拖”或”擦”，是需要一個受詞；而你這句就是因為缺乏了受詞，以至導致它錯誤。

你可以寫成：Mrs Pravin herself mops the floor 或　Mrs Pravin herself mops XX

但其實，就算這樣寫，也有點怪，因為你用簡單現代式；若你要說：Mrs Pravin她正自己拖地，應該說成

Mrs Pravin herself is mopping the floor 或 Mrs Pravin is mopping the floor herself.

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Answer 2

Mrs. Pravin herself does mopping.

Mrs. Pravin herself mops the floor.

For your sentence, someone may ask " Mops what?"

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