I'm warming up vs I'm warming myself up
Hi
On a cold winter day, if someone calls and asks what I am doing, I know I can say, "I'm warming myself up in front of the campfire."
But can I also say, "I'm warming up in front of the campfire."?
Please help.
Thank you.
Top answer
To me 'campfire' suggests 'outdoors'. Why aren't you inside on such a day? ' the campfire' also suggests that both you and the person you are talking to know exactly which campfire you are referring to, which seems unlikely, so if you really do mean 'campfire', maybe you mean ' a campfire'.
- To me 'campfire' suggests 'outdoors'.
- Why aren't you inside on such a day?
- ' the campfire' also suggests that both you and the person you are talking to know exactly which campfire you are referring to, which seems unlikely, so if you really do mean 'campfire', maybe you mean ' a campfire'.
- But to get directly to your question, yes, you can certainly omit 'myself' in that sentence.
- CJ
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To me 'campfire' suggests 'outdoors'. Why aren't you inside on such a day?
'the campfire' also suggests that both you and the person you are talking to know exactly which campfire you are referring to, which seems unlikely, so if you really do mean 'campfire', maybe you mean 'a campfire'.
But to get directly to your question, yes, you can certainly omit 'myself' in t
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