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Npunhani Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"They and I see myself" or "They and I see me"

Which is correct?

Both my friends and I see me as a strong candidate for the role.

OR

Both my friends and I see myself as a strong candidate for the role.

I suspect that the latter should be correct given the fact that it complies with "I" which is closer to me/myself than "my managers".
  

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Hi and welcome to English forums. Your question is a bit tricky. I am not sure but I prefer to go by the rules: Me is an object pronoun, which means that it refers to the person that the action of a verb is being done to, or to which a preposition refers.

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi and welcome to English forums.
  • Your question is a bit tricky.
  • I am not sure but I prefer to go by the rules: Me is an object pronoun, which means that it refers to the person that the action of a verb is being done to, or to which a preposition refers.
  • It is used to indicate I.
  • Myself is a reflexive or stressed pronoun, which means that, generally speaking, it should be used in conjunction with the subject pronoun I, not instead of the object pronoun me.
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Hi and welcome to English forums. Your question is a bit tricky. I am not sure but I prefer to go by the rules:

Me is an object pronoun, which means that it refers to the person that the action of a verb is being done to, or to which a preposition refers. It is used to indicate I.

Myself is a reflexive or stressed pronoun, which means that, generally
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