Does the following sentence have any personal pronouns? If so, where?: Even the students themselves thought the test was too easy.
1 Answer
No, the sentence has no personal pronouns.
Explanation:
A personal pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun for a specific person or thing.
The personal pronouns are: I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.
The pronoun in the sentence is "themselves", an intensive pronoun.
An "intensive pronoun" is a function of a "reflexive pronoun" that is used to emphasize its antecedent (in this sentence is "students").
A "reflexive pronoun" is used to "reflect back" to its antecedent.
The reflexive/intensive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
The sentence in your question is the intensive use of "themselves".
Here is an example of "themselves" used as a reflexive pronoun:
"The students thought themselves fortunate have an easy test."
