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Grammar help with this sentence please.

26 replies

Badburyrings · 19/07/2024 11:01

Thanks again for your support and please don't hesitate to reach out to our Project Manager XX or myself with any questions.

It is the Myself in this instance, shouldn't it be Project Manager XX or me? I don't think it is right but not sure how to word it as I need to provide feedback to the person who wrote it. This is big comms being sent to a lot of people.

OP posts:
bunnypenny · 19/07/2024 11:02

It’s “me”. Take away the other person - don’t be afraid to reach out to me.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 19/07/2024 11:02

Yes, it should be me not myself.

I also loath and detest "reach out" so would change that to contact XX or me.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 19/07/2024 11:03

OchonAgusOchonOh · 19/07/2024 11:02

Yes, it should be me not myself.

I also loath and detest "reach out" so would change that to contact XX or me.

Definitely!

NervousSubject · 19/07/2024 11:03

As the pp said. It’s ‘me’. I’d also insert a comma after ‘support’.

Blueyatemyhomework · 19/07/2024 11:03

Please don't hesitate to contact me or the Project Manager

NervousSubject · 19/07/2024 11:03

Yes, and replace ‘reach out’ with ‘contact’.

Acunningruse · 19/07/2024 11:03

You're absolutely right, I don't know where this overuse of "myself" instead of me has come from and its maddening.

Ask the writer, would they say to someone "don't hesitate to reach out Envy (not envy) to ME", or would they say "myself"?

BestBiscuits · 19/07/2024 11:04

It's "me".

You only use "myself" when you have referred to you (as the subject) earlier in the sentence.

So: I tripped over myself.

But: please send any reply to Mr Jones or me.

I tend to say ".... to Mr Jones or to me" as I think it reads better.

Fleetheart · 19/07/2024 11:04

yes definitely me. Agree re reach out but that’s personal style. I would say. … please get in touch with me or with PM if we can help at all

combinationpadlock · 19/07/2024 11:05

"don't hesitate to contact the project manager or me"

if you are going down the pathetic, cringy, road of saying "reach out" then "myself" fits right in. Or talk normally?

TeabySea · 19/07/2024 11:05

'Me' not 'Myself'.
You'd say "Don't hesitate to reach out to me..." if the manager wasn't mentioned.
You use "Myself" where you'd say "I".

NervousSubject · 19/07/2024 11:05

Acunningruse · 19/07/2024 11:03

You're absolutely right, I don't know where this overuse of "myself" instead of me has come from and its maddening.

Ask the writer, would they say to someone "don't hesitate to reach out Envy (not envy) to ME", or would they say "myself"?

Don’t go there because it’s perfectly possible they would say ‘reach out to myself’, because they think, inexplicably, that it’s ‘fancier’! Hardly surprisingly, though, as it’s misused so frequently.

SiobhanSharpe · 19/07/2024 11:05

Disagree about inserting a comma, the word 'and' gives a natural break or pause in the sentence.
(edited to remove extraneous comma! The curse of pedants' corner strikes again. )

Lifeinlists · 19/07/2024 11:06

Myself is wrong. Me is correct.

Also change 'reach out to' to 'contact' or 'speak to'. When did that particular abomination become mainstream?!

Inthemosquitogarden · 19/07/2024 11:06

Memememememe

and “contact”

AdaColeman · 19/07/2024 11:06

It should be me not myself. I would also change the dreadful "reach out" to contact.

rainbowunicorn · 19/07/2024 11:07

I would also put a fullstop after support and then start a new sentence

Thanks again for your support. Please don't hesitate etc.

Hate the overuse of and to join what should be two sentences. I wouldn't use a comma as the two sentences are about different aspects. First is thanking them, second is advising.

NervousSubject · 19/07/2024 11:09

SiobhanSharpe · 19/07/2024 11:05

Disagree about inserting a comma, the word 'and' gives a natural break or pause in the sentence.
(edited to remove extraneous comma! The curse of pedants' corner strikes again. )

Edited

It’s not syntactically strictly necessary, no, but there’s a shift in meaning from the first part of the sentence (where the writer is thanking the addressee for their support) and the second part (where the writer is instructing the addressee as to how to proceed if they have questions), so I think a comma signals the shift from them no longer being thanked, but being informed about options for the future. I would certainly use one there.

ElleLeopine · 19/07/2024 11:09

I think that it would sound much better to separate out the 2 sentences, and go with a full thank you.

Thank you for your support. Please don't hesitate......

GrumpyPanda · 19/07/2024 11:10

SiobhanSharpe · 19/07/2024 11:05

Disagree about inserting a comma, the word 'and' gives a natural break or pause in the sentence.
(edited to remove extraneous comma! The curse of pedants' corner strikes again. )

Edited

It's two separate sentences with separate subjects, hence the comma is correct.

Growlybear83 · 19/07/2024 11:10

NervousSubject · 19/07/2024 11:03

As the pp said. It’s ‘me’. I’d also insert a comma after ‘support’.

I agree. And I would replace 'reach out' with 'contact'.

fluffiphlox · 19/07/2024 11:13

I hate ‘please don’t hesitate’.

Thank you for your support and please feel free to get in touch with any questions.

Badburyrings · 19/07/2024 11:50

BestBiscuits · 19/07/2024 11:04

It's "me".

You only use "myself" when you have referred to you (as the subject) earlier in the sentence.

So: I tripped over myself.

But: please send any reply to Mr Jones or me.

I tend to say ".... to Mr Jones or to me" as I think it reads better.

thank you for this, this explains how I can tell the person why it is incorrect. Also agree with reach out, hate it.

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OMGsamesame · 19/07/2024 11:51

Acunningruse · 19/07/2024 11:03

You're absolutely right, I don't know where this overuse of "myself" instead of me has come from and its maddening.

Ask the writer, would they say to someone "don't hesitate to reach out Envy (not envy) to ME", or would they say "myself"?

People do, though, all the time.

It's maddening!

Boltonb · 19/07/2024 12:03

I would also separate the sentences.

Thanks again for your support. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our Project Manager XX or me.

I think it reads better to have the first sentence thanking, and the second sentence instructing. I also feel a sentence reads better if the ‘solution’ is offered after the ‘problem‘ rather than the other way round.

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