Question

identify whether the underlined pronoun is needed, or if its just being used for emphasis!

we have an extra week to finish our book reports. mrs. kapur said so herself.

choose 1 answer:

a needed

b used for emphasis

Explanation:

In the sentence "Mrs. Kapur said so herself", the pronoun "herself" is used to emphasize that Mrs. Kapur was the one who said it (to stress that it came directly from her, not someone relaying the message). It's not grammatically necessary for the sentence structure to be complete (the sentence "Mrs. Kapur said so" is already complete), so it's used for emphasis.

Answer:

B. Used for emphasis