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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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is this sentence correct? Neither myself or my spouse are employed.

  

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anonymous is this sentence correct? Neither myself or my spouse are employed. I'd write Neither I nor my spouse are employed .

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  • anonymous is this sentence correct?
  • Neither myself or my spouse are employed.
  • I'd write Neither I nor my spouse are employed .
  • e.
  • it always refers back to a mention of you earlier in the sentence.
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anonymous

is this sentence correct? Neither myself or my spouse are employed.

I'd write Neither I nor my spouse are employed.

Myself is reflexive, i.e. it always refers back to a mention of you earlier in the sentence. I did it by myself. A way to test sentences like this is to remove the o

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I would write something like this:

I am not employed; neither is my spouse. 
I am not employed and my spouse isn't either. 
My spouse and I are both unemployed. 
I am unemployed and so is my spouse.
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