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🪞 Reflexive pronoun 🙋‍♀️ Alone or only
herself

herself

447 1.0
Shows a woman does something alone or without help
  • pronoun
  • /hərˈsɛlf/
translation icon : ella misma
  • Well, I think the lady can speak for herself.
  • make it by herself
  • take it upon herself

And Chung Gansenim herself is a remarkably strong woman.

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Examples

  • Might have had her baby all by herself.

    The Badlanders (1958)

  • She signed the consent forms herself.

    RoboCop (2014)

  • If she had to do it all herself, the project would have been impossible.

    Academic text (2013)

  • " This is really an extraordinary man," she told herself, "so very kind, so very understanding."

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Kate finished college and supports herself and Emma by working as a travel agent.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Sarah herself did not even sign the contract, therefore, she's not bound by forum selection.

    Joey & Rex Save the Church (2022)

  • When Cody and I visited her there, she was sitting all by herself in her yellow nightgown.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • And Chung Gansenim herself is a remarkably strong woman.

    Rich Roll

  • Payton kept her story to herself until earlier this year, when she was inspired by Justin Bieber.

    Academic text (2011)

  • She signed the consent forms herself to ensure everything was correct.

Compounds

stuck-on-herself
  • Offensive
9.9

Thinks she is much better than other people

Surface Forms

herself reflexive

Morphology

herself = her + self (transparent) = her + self

Formed directly from the pronoun 'her' + 'self', and the emphatic solitary meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Herself can also show that the woman did something alone or did it personally, because self gives the idea of 'by the person' or 'own'. So saying she made the cake herself means she did it without help.