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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Myself --> my self

Hi teachers,

Would it be possible to separate the word "myself" into two.

E.g. myself --> my self

  

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HUBLOT Would it be possible to separate the word "myself" into two. Yes, but rarely, and not the way they have. "I still think of my self as her friend" is wrong.

  • HUBLOT Would it be possible to separate the word "myself" into two.
  • Yes, but rarely, and not the way they have.
  • "I still think of my self as her friend" is wrong.
  • If you are talking about psychology, to give a proper case, you can use "self" as a term meaning something like "ego", and then yours would be your self.
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HUBLOTWould it be possible to separate the word "myself" into two.
Yes, but rarely, and not the way they have. "I still think of my self as her friend" is wrong.

If you are talking about psychology, to give a proper case, you can use "self" as a term meaning something like "ego", and then yours would be your self.
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Thanks a lot, enoon.

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It's a typo in the printed version. You should write to them and tell them. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/american-english/think_1 has it right, except the typeface is funny:

"I still think of myself as (= believe I am) her friend."

It looks like th

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