Deepurple
Member
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2007
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- Hong Kong
May I ask what the "itself" means in the following sentence:
"Peter and Mary were kindness itself(why not "themselves"); they invited her to have a coffee with them." Thanks.
"Peter and Mary were kindness itself(why not "themselves"); they invited her to have a coffee with them." Thanks.