Do you use both?

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(          ), I don't like skiing. 1) As for me, 2) As for myself,

Vic Z · Accepted Answer

Both make sense but 1 is more common in casual speech

AlpheccaStars · Answer

teacherJapan1) As for me, 2) As for myself,

I don't ever say those. They seem to flag a speaker of British English.

Me, either.
Me, too.
Not me.
Not I.

TeacherJapan · Answer

Thank you very much for your answers!!!

Vic Z · Answer

Indeed, or English as I myself call it ;-)

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Vic Z Indeed, or English as I myself call it ;-)

Will the real English please stand up?

CalifJim · Answer

teacherJapan1) As for me, 2) As for myself,

I think they flag a speaker of Japanese.

Most books written in English for the purpose of teaching Japanese paraphrase almost every sentence with a beginning of "As for ...", e.g., As for elephants they have very long noses. Maybe Japanese sentences have no real subjects.

Even so, neither of those are wrong in informal conversation in English.

teacherJapan Do you use both?

I don't use either one, but if I did, I would probably use "As for me" because there is almost never a reason to use the reflexive "myself" at the beginning of a sentence.

CJ

TeacherJapan · Answer

Haha, a very interesting topic to talk about!!! On behalf of Japanese people, I think you have a point:) hehe.

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