"Myself" is an intensive form of "me," as in "I, myself, will write the blog." It doesn't add much. Or it's the reflexive form of me, as in "I gave myself a good frigging." It is most misused by middle management and people who want to get into middle management, as in "Feel free to contact Cori or myself if you have any questions about the Q3 new product rollout."
Here's an easy to avoid sounding like a guy who wears a dress shirt with short sleeves a tie and navy Dockers: Break the sentence in two. "Feel free to contact Cori," and "Feel free to contact--myself?" See how dumb it sounds? It's "contact me" or "Feel free to contact me or Cori," or "Cori or me," if you want to give way to a sycophantic desire or hypocritical need to put Cori first.
And the same goes for "Contact Cori or I" !!! Would you really say "Contact I"? Not unless you are a horta from Star Trek and express yourself by burning short, propitiatory phrases into solid rock with the acids of your own body.
There ya go, troglodytes!
It's these kind of comments that continue to perpetuate the negative stereotypes human society has of the Horta.
ReplyDeleteDo you feel bad or badly?
ReplyDeleteAs an example I feel that feeling badly would mean you (for instance) don't have fingers so you feel badly. If you are sick you feel bad.
I feel badly when I have done something bad.
ReplyDeleteTechnically I should feel badly when I'm sick, but there's just something more compelling about "I feel BAD."
I also sometimes feel that I got soul, and I'm super-bad.