Language pet peeve of the day, the use of "myself" when it's not needed

"I myself went to the school in question"

ARGH, it drives me crazy when I see people using that syntax in a sentence.

If it's meant for emphasis. At least, that's how I learned to use it in all my English classes over the years.

What really gets my knickers in a twist is when someone uses it in place of "me", because they think that it's never right to say "me". Example: "If you need help with the program, please see Bob or myself."
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It irritates the hell out of me.

"X or myself" drives me up the wall.... :banghead:

"X or myself" drives me up the wall.... :banghead:

But I'm with you 110% (wink) with Bob or myself. Moran! They are afraid of incorrectly using "I" or "me", so the default ends up to "myself". I'm sorry, but that usage still makes one a moran.

Now, let's talk about ending sentences with prepositions and the usage of "whom":

"They were the ones whom we waited for".

Okay, you got the "whom" correct, but you are STILL a moran!

"They were the ones for whom we waited".

Thank you. Now I feel better. :D


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:shrug: :hi:

But when used to cover an inability to use objective case, it irks me, too.

I dunno how many games I've seen on teevee with a player reading his club's starting lineup — NBC did this in the '70s and '80s — and he'd say, "Batting sixth is myself." I want to respond, "How do you think yourself will do against Martinez's curve ball?"

A lot of athletes affect a sense of modesty to counter the thought that they're egotistical — or, they use "big" words so people won't think they're "dumb jocks" — and I think that's often what obviates them from using "I" or "me." Out of that also comes "able to," as in "We were able to get some runs on the board" or "I was able to throw my curve ball for strikes." Whenever I hear that, I think, "Okay, dude, you were able to — but did you?" (That leaked from sports into the general public. Everybody says it now, and it sounds stupid.)

I swear to you, in the last World Cup, I heard an announcer say — I think it was about the German team, or maybe Italy — that they "were able to have the ability" to do something. :eyes:

"Here's how it works: You can talk to me; I can talk to myself. However, I cannot talk to ME and YOU cannot talk to MYSELF." Usually I was getting uncomfortably loud by the end. :rofl:

Using the word "stepsister/brother" when "half-sister/brother" is needed. (doesn't bother me much, but I thought I'd throw it in.)

:grr: It is NOT a word. It is "regardless".

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"irregardless" will always flow off the tongue better than the choppy "regardless."

and the correct usage of her native language? :shrug: :hi:

:P

I just had to. I could not resist. :evilgrin:

"Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. These are words to live by."

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i.e. "has went" instead of "has gone." I saw that in GD the other day over and over and wanted to punch my computer. x(

So is Timothy...

are just making a darned mess. Just another "peak" at homonym ignorance.

it also bugs me when people use "less" when they mean "fewer" but maybe that's splitting hairs.

Oh no no no definitely not splitting hairs. I hear that all the time on commercials and such--like "less calories"--ick.

but I myself, can't help myself!

:shrug:

Which is correct?

And can someone give me an easy way to figure out who/whom, whoever/whomever?

Drives me nuts.

Earlier today, in another thread, I posted the phrase "or based on whom you'd rather have a beer with". First used "who", then changed it to "whom". Still don't know which is right...

Generally, I think I do pretty well with grammar and punctuation. But who/whom and lie/lay are problematic for me.


What REALLY drives me up the wall is how almost no one knows how to use the apostrophe. I want to scream "SHEESH, people, we were taught that in THIRD-FUCKING-GRADE and it's really not that hard!"

(also have trouble with whether to put punctuation inside or outside of quotation marks. I think it varies between the US and UK.)

What's wrong with meet or join? You hear it constantly on t.v. and now even read it in books.

I use myself to do that. So that, people know I am talking about myself, and not someone else.