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Heralding Heretic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Me/myself

Greetings,

I had a brief discussion today about the following sentence:

I am committed to loving me.

It sounded wrong to me as I would say:

I am committed to loving myself.

Are both right or is one wrong?

Also, he said the use of myself is very rare in the English language, which seemed pretty weird to me.

Thanks
  

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Heralding Heretic Are both right or is one wrong? "myself" is more formally correct. "me" is acceptable in a certain style.

— GPY

  • Heralding Heretic Are both right or is one wrong?
  • "myself" is more formally correct.
  • "me" is acceptable in a certain style.
  • Heralding Heretic Also, he said the use of myself is very rare in the English language That is wrong.
  • Sometimes, and increasingly, it is misused, but correct use is common.
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Heralding HereticAre both right or is one wrong?
"myself" is more formally correct. "me" is acceptable in a certain style.
Heralding HereticAlso, he said the use of myself is very rare in the English language
That is wrong. Sometimes, and increasingly, it is misused, but correct use is common.
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Thank you for clarifying this!
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Heralding Heretiche said the use of myself is very rare in the English language
Whaaaa? Ask him what planet he's from.
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I'm beginning to think he is one of those persons who claim to be an expert on everything.
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