Pedants' corner
Yourself/myself etc - question
tobee · 09/03/2023 03:09
Do you think this will evolve to be acceptable for English language in time?
It's so widespread and is used more and more. And language does evolve.
Drives me mad. I think sometimes people use it because they are insecure with language and think it sounds more "proper"
Any thoughts?
AgentProvocateur · 09/03/2023 03:39
God, I hope not. It really irritates me because it’s usually done by pompous colleagues that think it makes them sound more important/formal, when really it just makes them sound a bit thick. I used to sit beside someone that would say, “Just give myself a call”!
interestingly, I now work overseas where English is most people’s second or third language, and no one gets is wrong.
tobee · 09/03/2023 15:11
AgentProvocateur · 09/03/2023 03:39
God, I hope not. It really irritates me because it’s usually done by pompous colleagues that think it makes them sound more important/formal, when really it just makes them sound a bit thick. I used to sit beside someone that would say, “Just give myself a call”!
interestingly, I now work overseas where English is most people’s second or third language, and no one gets is wrong.
Yes I did a course in tefl and the non native students' standards of grammar put the native English speakers to shame.
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