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Himself vs Himself - What's the difference?

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In reflexive terms the difference between himself and himself

is that himself is him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subjecthimself is him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

In emphatic terms the difference between himself and himself

is that himself is he; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicatehimself is he; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

In now archaic or nonstandard terms the difference between himself and himself

is that himself is the subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself" while himself is the subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".

himself

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Pronoun

  • (label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • (label) He;
  • * Bible, (w) vii. 14
  • The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".
  • *, II.7:
  • Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.
  • * Sir (1614-1669)
  • With shame remembers, while himself' was one / Of the same herd, ' himself the same had done.
  • * 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
  • Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
  • Synonyms

    * hisself

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    himself

    English

    Pronoun

  • (label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • (label) He;
  • * Bible, (w) vii. 14
  • The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".
  • *, II.7:
  • Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.
  • * Sir (1614-1669)
  • With shame remembers, while himself' was one / Of the same herd, ' himself the same had done.
  • * 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
  • Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
  • Synonyms

    * hisself

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