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I am writing a thank you letter to a friend and would like to know the proper opening line...."Thank you for spending time with John and myself on June 16 discussing..." or "Thank you for spending time with John and I on June 16th..."

Yoong Liat · Accepted Answer

AnonymousI am writing a thank you letter to a friend and would like to know the proper opening line.."Thank you for spending time with John and myself on June 16 discussing..." or "Thank you for spending time with John and I on June 16th..."

"Thank you for spending time with John on June 16 discussing..."
"Thank you for spending time with me on June 16 discussing..."

Therefore, it should be "Thank you for spending time with John and me on June 16 discussing..."

J0k3rm4n · Answer

I guess the correct form is "Thank you for spending time with John and I on June 16th..." or, informally speaking, "Thank you for spending time with me and John on June 16th...".
It's better to use "myself" in a sentence when you want to express you are the direct responsible for the action, since this pronoun gives the idea of something "reflexive" to others.

For instance:
"I hurt myself." - nobody else was responsible for the action that resulted in your wound;
"Sarah hurt Harry and I fooling around with the knives." - it's the same idea of your sentence, because it's also another person the responsible for the action.

Best regards,
Rafael

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