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0Our new chairman, Joe Bloggs, our treasurer and myself attended the conference at Birmingham last month.02br
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0 It is, indeed, very popular to use this pronoun as a subject these days, but I still contend that it is incorrect by itself. 02br 02br 00I, myself, made those bookshelves. I saw myself in the mirror and decided to lose some weight.

— Philip

  • 0 It is, indeed, very popular to use this pronoun as a subject these days, but I still contend that it is incorrect by itself.
  • 02br 02br 00I, myself, made those bookshelves.
  • I saw myself in the mirror and decided to lose some weight.
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0 It is, indeed, very popular to use this pronoun as a subject these days, but I still contend that it is incorrect by itself. It should be used as a reflexive or as an intensifier.02br
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00I, myself, made those bookshelves. I saw myself in the mirror and decided to lose some weight. 0-
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0Philip is far kinder than I am. He "contends" that it is incorrect, while I say "Dear ***, NO!" 02br
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00Use the same rule that you learned about choosing between "me" and "I' -- if you take away the other people, is what's left still grammatical? 01i00Myself attended the meeting02i00. No, of course not.02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Our new chairman, Joe Bloggs, our treasurer and myself attended the conference at Birmingham last month.02font02br
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00I don't have anything to add about 'myself', but here is another comment on this sentence. 02br
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00When I look at these words, it's not 100% clear to me
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