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How to pronounce itself
Say it like this: /ɪtˈsɛlf/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does itself mean?
pronit; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
“When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).”
it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
“The door itself is quite heavy.”
it; used to refer back to an earlier subject
“The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.”
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