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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Correct or not - confident with myself?

Dear Users,

Is the following sentence correct or not?

I should be confident with myself.

Intended meaning (I suppose) : I should believe in my skills.

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You will find the prepositions "in," "of," and "with" used between "confident" and "myself," given here in decreasing importance of popularity. A brief look on the intertubes leads me to believe that the "with myself" locution is used in self-involved autobiographical narratives, self-help books, advice columns, and other forms of psychobabble in which the person who is and the person who used to be are considered separate entities.

— Deadrat

  • You will find the prepositions "in," "of," and "with" used between "confident" and "myself," given here in decreasing importance of popularity.
  • A brief look on the intertubes leads me to believe that the "with myself" locution is used in self-involved autobiographical narratives, self-help books, advice columns, and other forms of psychobabble in which the person who is and the person who used to be are considered separate entities.
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You will find the prepositions "in," "of," and "with" used between "confident" and "myself," given here in decreasing importance of popularity. A brief look on the intertubes leads me to believe that the "with myself" locution is used in self-involved autobiographical narratives, self-help books, advice columns, and other forms of psychobabble in which the person who is and the person who used to
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