...and also you yourself 😡Surely
It used to be considered polite, if you were talking or writing about yourself and another person, to mention them first. For example:
My mother and I went to the cinema.
If my mother couldn't come, I would say, "I went to the cinema."
Now people put themselves first by saying, "Me and my mother... or, worse, "Myself and my mother...
If my mother couldn't come, I wouldn't say, "Me went to the cinema." Or, "Myself went to the cinema." I'd say, "I went!" Of course, it would be fine to say, " I went to the cinema by myself. "
Today, I even heard someone say, "Jane and Sue went to the Stitch Festival and were joined by myself." What's wrong with "...and I joined them." ?
I've also been on the receiving end of, "Would yourself like a cup of tea?" What's wrong with the word you?
I know people have always got mixed up with 'I or me'. All you have to do is leave the other person out of the sentence to know which is correct.
A letter arrived for my mother and I.
A letter arrived for I.
No!
My mother and me received a letter. Or, again, Me/Myself and my mother received...
Me received a letter.
No!
Sorry to bash on about it but it does irritate I/myself/me! Of course, this is pedants' corner and I belong here quite definitely. Or should that be defiantly or definately?I
I'm off to scan the list for 'would of, could of, should of'. I know they are there! 😂
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