Timeline for "Called himself doing"
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| Mar 21, 2011 at 19:30 | comment | added | MrHen | Oh, sure, I am not contending your point. I was just curious if there was more to it I didn't see. Your guess is better than anything I found. | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 19:26 | comment | added | Hellion | I agree that the "himself" is nonstandard and unnecessary. And yes, insofar as I wasn't there and I wasn't the speaker of the phrase in question, I am only making an educated guess at his intended meaning; however, as a well-educated and reasonably well-versed native speaker, I happen to believe that my educated guess holds some weight. :-) | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 19:01 | comment | added | MrHen | Is this just a guess/hunch? Why would the phrase include "himself"? Wouldn't it be: "Mike called cleaning up the table..." | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 18:57 | history | answered | Hellion | CC BY-SA 2.5 |