安裝中文字典英文字典辭典工具!
安裝中文字典英文字典辭典工具!
|
- Is it correct to say “I myself”? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Myself is a reflexive pronoun It’s called that because one of its uses is to reflect the action of a verb back onto the subject, as in ‘I’ve hurt myself’ Yourselves is used in the same way in the sentence you quote from ‘Harry Potter’
- pronouns - When is it correct to use yourself and myself (versus . . .
"Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject actor of the sentence and the object recipient are the same person or group "I see myself" is correct because I am doing the seeing and am seeing myself In your latter example, the subject is the implicit "you" and the object is (correctly) "us " Edit
- proper nouns - I and John vs. John and myself vs. John and I . . .
Like, "I gave the award for best fisherman to myself", as opposed to "I gave to me " It is also used to make clear or emphasize that you performed the action and not someone else "I caught the fish myself" means I did it, not someone else, and I had no or minimal help "Myself" is also sometimes used as an alternate or polite form of "I
- british english - Is it Myself and _____, _____ and myself, or . . .
In the sentence “Myself and Lucy are going to the cinema”, the reflexive pronoun myself is accompanied by another noun or pronoun: Lucy Traditionalist, prescriptive grammarians from the 19th century would obviously frown on such usage, but it is a natural part of current English as she is spoke
- grammar - when to use myself and by myself - English Language . . .
By myself means alone; if I am by myself in a giant cheeseburger factory, I am alone in said factory or I am the only person there that I know Myself is just a normal reflexive pronoun So ; I ate by myself means that I ate alone, and I ate myself means that I ate my own body (and was probably alone for most of it anyway)
- Myself vs. by myself - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The first phrase you offer "I can't do it myself " seems redundant and would probably be better phrased simply as "I can't do it " As to meaning, "I can't do it (myself) " means that the speaker cannot perform the action irrespective of circumstance "I can't do it by myself "
- grammar - When to use me or myself? - English Language Usage . . .
Myself occurs only rarely as a single subject in place of I: Myself was the one who called The recorded instances of such use are mainly poetic or literary It is also uncommon as a simple object in place of me: Since the letter was addressed to myself, I opened it
- word usage - By myself vs. for myself - English Language Learners . . .
So, if I spent all my weekends picking up litter in the neighbourhood for myself it's because I wanted to enjoy a litter-free neighbourhood If I spent those weekends picking up litter by myself it means that nobody else joined me in my litter-removal campaign It was a single-handed effort
|
|
|