Timeline for When to use I Or Myself as the object of the sentence [closed]
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| Nov 30, 2016 at 1:14 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Nov 29, 2016 at 18:17 | history | closed |
k1eran Janus Bahs Jacquet Hellion user140086 Mitch |
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| Nov 29, 2016 at 3:40 | answer | added | aparente001 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 29, 2016 at 0:47 | comment | added | JeremyDouglass | I'm surprised that "me / myself / I" isn't a common duplicate with a pre-existing question that could be linked to. | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 18:33 | comment | added | BillJ | The non-reflexive "me" (not "I") is fine since the subject "I" is its only possible antecedent. The reflexive form "myself" would thus be optional here. | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 18:11 | comment | added | Lambie | I made lunch for myself and my wife. I made lunch for my wife and me. I made lunch for me and my wife. NOT: for I. | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 18:10 | answer | added | Michael AM | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 18:04 | comment | added | Mick | @Hellion Agreed. You don't say "I made lunch for me," or "he made lunch for him." You say "I made lunch for myself," and "he made lunch for himself." | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 17:56 | history | edited | Hellion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 28, 2016 at 17:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 28, 2016 at 17:53 | comment | added | Hellion | You use the reflexive pronoun (myself, himself, etc.) when the actor is also the target. Here, the actor (the person performing the action of making lunch) is also the target (the person for whom lunch is being made), so the reflexive pronoun is correct. (see, for example, English Club's page on reflexive pronouns.) | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 17:48 | comment | added | BladorthinTheGrey | Do not say 'myself' when what you really mean is 'me'. It is a habit that has grown, ironically, particularly among more educated people. Other people can never talk to myself, only to me. See this article on reflexive pronouns if you're struggling to differentiate between them. | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 17:41 | comment | added | Lambie | for my wife and me. preposition + indirect object. | |
| Nov 28, 2016 at 17:38 | history | asked | Shlomo Green | CC BY-SA 3.0 |