The professor *herself* wanted to attend the conference, but *it* was cancelled when *she* and several other presenters had to excuse *themselves*.

which underlined word functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence?

a themselves
b it
c herself
d she

A: themselves

Explanation:

The word themselves functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence because the use of this pronoun is to indicate that the performer of the action subject) is also the receiver of the action (object). In this case, "she and several other presenters" can be unified in the pronoun they , and its corresponding reflexive pronoun is themselves.

Herself  is used for emphasis.

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