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Jayprakash Singh Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure confusion?

I myself does not know this.

I myself don't know this.

Which sentence is correct grammatically?

And also why?

  

Top answer

I myself does not know this. incorrect I myself don't know this. correct The uncontracted form of #2 above is I myself do not know this.

— Clive

  • I myself does not know this.
  • incorrect I myself don't know this.
  • correct The uncontracted form of #2 above is I myself do not know this.
  • And also why?
  • The subject is considered to be in the first person singular.
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I myself does not know this. incorrect

I myself don't know this. correct

The uncontracted form of #2 above is I myself do not know this.


And also why? The subject is considered to be in the first person singular.

Note that in the third person singular, we'd say

He himself does not know this.

Clive

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