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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I in passive voice

I like you.

In the passive voice, does this become.

You are liked by myself.
  

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You are liked by myself. You are liked by me . However, this is quite awkward and not really appropriate in most cases.

— Philip

  • You are liked by myself.
  • You are liked by me .
  • However, this is quite awkward and not really appropriate in most cases.
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AnonymousI like you.In the passive voice, does this become.You are liked by myself.
You are liked by me. However, this is quite awkward and not really appropriate in most cases.
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You are liked by me.

I like myself.
I am liked by myself. (UGH!)
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Could you please explain why it is me and not myself.

Is this sentence correct? Emotion: wink

This cure is deemed by myself as b
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AnonymousCould you please explain why it is me and not myself.Is this sentence correct? This cure is deemed by myself as being unobtainable by yourself should you seek to find it.
The reflexive pronouns should not be used in place of subject pronouns (I, he, we) or in place of object pronouns (me, him, us). They are used when the object i
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AnonymousI like you.In the passive voice, does this become.You are liked by myself.
Keep in mind that just because a sentence can be changed to the passive voice it isn't always a good idea. The passive voice is most often used for three situations: 1) the person doing the action is unknown; 2) the person doing the action is unimportant; 3) the person
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Sure, I understand all of this, but as I'm trying to emulate an archaic style, I thought that 'myself' as opposed to 'me' sounds more more befitting to this style than simply 'me'. Was 'myself' used instead of 'me' in older styles of English?
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AnonymousI'm trying to emulate an archaic style
And failing miserably. I would not try to emulate some arcane style until I had a good handle on standard English.
Anonymous I thought that 'myself' as opposed to 'me' sounds more more befitting to this style than simply 'me'.
No, not at all.
AnonymousW
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Nope. I just read an old text online and I saw lots of 'to be' 'that which' 'know not' 'as being' 'that of' 'is/are to be' in the sentences. I associate this with older English. For example:

You know not of that which on this day is to be deemed by all as being that whose name is absent in my mind.

That which is important to all but you is that of courage, wisdom and fo
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AnonymousI like typing sentences like this, as I think of them as being arcane like
You are truly misguided.
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I see no problem writing like this, provided that those sentences are grammatically correct, which I believe they are.

It is my own style I have come to enjoy.
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