Intensive Pronouns are pronouns that are used only to place emphasis on the subject and are not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Note: These pronouns look the same as reflexive pronouns, but they act differently in the
sentence and are always placed next to the subject that they are emphasizing (myself, yourself,
himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves).
For example:
You yourself must go to the police station.
*Here, the pronoun “yourself” is used only to place emphasis on the subject “you” and does not change the meaning of the sentence.