Timeline for "People like you" versus "people like yourself"?
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| May 26, 2011 at 15:45 | comment | added | Alenanno | @z7sg: Ok ok :D | |
| May 26, 2011 at 15:39 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | @Alenanno Yes, I'm not disagreeing with you as such, just looking for the ultimate definitive answer! | |
| May 26, 2011 at 15:00 | comment | added | Alenanno | @z7sg I read his answer, he confirmes that they're correct, no? Then... yes I agree, they're not completely interchangeable, but you see, my point was more "they're not wrong", rather than "use both whenever you like". | |
| May 26, 2011 at 14:41 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | No I do agree... I think there is more to this than meets the eye as you can see from google books this is not a silly grammatical error but equally, it isn't correct to say that they are equivalent in meaning and usage. Have you read nohat's answer? It's quite interesting: english.stackexchange.com/questions/1176/… | |
| May 26, 2011 at 14:36 | comment | added | Alenanno | @z7sg: I couldn't find it elsewhere, but that example is quite the exact one the OP asked about, no? I quoted it also considering that... I'm not the most expert and I still think that it's better in such cases to stick with the "official" usage, but I can't ignore the fact that it's listed in some important dictionary... Do you agree? (I'm asking seriously, not being sarcastic) :D | |
| May 26, 2011 at 14:33 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | Interesting that it's on OALD but not the Oxford Dictionaries search. The OALD entry doesn't explain the meaning either. What is the meaning? Anyway, it may be accepted but I still hate it. :) To me it sounds... smarmy. | |
| May 26, 2011 at 14:23 | history | answered | Alenanno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |