Has anyone else noticed that people are using 'myself' because they aren't sure about when to use 'I' or 'me'? Drives me crackers!
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StopFeckingFaffing · 04/02/2023 14:04
I'm guilty of this sometimes but it has become so common place that it's easy to slip into
Please could a grammar expert explain when you should and shouldn't use myself? I could definitely do with a reminder and always happy to learn and improve my English 😀
StopFeckingFaffing · 04/02/2023 14:04
I'm guilty of this sometimes but it has become so common place that it's easy to slip into
Please could a grammar expert explain when you should and shouldn't use myself? I could definitely do with a reminder and always happy to learn and improve my English 😀
Florissant · 04/02/2023 16:42
And"utlitise" rather than "use". I have a colleague who said that all of the time. And they use semi-colons when they should have used colons.
LauraNicolaides · 04/02/2023 17:04
"Self" pronouns (reflexive pronouns) are used when the person doing the thing is also the person to whom it's being done.
So I can cook for myself. You can cook for yourself. But I don't cook for yourself. I cook for you.
I can ask myself why the country is in a mess. You can ask yourself the same question. But if I'm asking you then I ask you (not yourself).
Etc!
LauraNicolaides · 04/02/2023 17:04
"Self" pronouns (reflexive pronouns) are used when the person doing the thing is also the person to whom it's being done.
So I can cook for myself. You can cook for yourself. But I don't cook for yourself. I cook for you.
I can ask myself why the country is in a mess. You can ask yourself the same question. But if I'm asking you then I ask you (not yourself).
Etc!
StopFeckingFaffing · 04/02/2023 14:04
I'm guilty of this sometimes but it has become so common place that it's easy to slip into
Please could a grammar expert explain when you should and shouldn't use myself? I could definitely do with a reminder and always happy to learn and improve my English 😀
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Clymene · 04/02/2023 21:48
It is the most egregious of grammar crimes IMO. Often used by pompous men in my experience.
Aranan · 04/02/2023 21:47
What makes the myself/yourself thing even worse is that it seems to be exclusively misused by people actually trying to sound clever. It makes me itch!
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