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Which would you find yourself using?1. I am writing to tell you how inspirational and uplifting your publication is for someone such as myself.2, I am writing to tell you how inspirational and uplifting your publication is for someone such as me.3. I am writing to tell you how inspirational and uplifting your publication is for someone like myself.4. I am writing to tell you how inspirational and uplifting your publication is for someone like me.

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

2 and 4 are okay. I would probably say ... your publication is for me.

CB

Anonymous · Answer

Cool Breeze I would probably say ... your publication is for me. CB

Would that have the same meaning as the "someone like/such as" forms? Don't my versions imply there are others like/such as me?

Cool Breeze · Answer

AnonymousWould that have the same meaning as the "someone like/such as" forms?

I should think so, for many people anyway. My version would be shorter, if nothing else.

AnonymousDon't my versions imply there are others like/such as me?

I suppose they do. On the other hand, my shorter version doesn't imply there can't be others like me.

CB

Anonymous · Answer

It's not that you want to imply there are others like you, it's that I want to specify, to make clear, there are others like/such as me. It's important to the meaning and context. Your reduction cannot emphasise my situation.

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