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The meaning of "Nuclear scientists are not themselves aware"
I am an ESL and preparing GRE exam. In one choice of a question of a reading comprehension passage, there is a sentence like
(A) Nuclear scientists are not themselves aware of all the facts ...
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"What if Bob himself doesn't want to be a doctor", is it necessary to put "himself" there?
An ELL post makes up a situation where Bob's parents think Bob wants to be a doctor while Bob himself doesn't.
To emphasizes the fact, the post says
What if Bob himself doesn't want to be a doctor?
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