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To: Lane3 who wrote (3343)	10/18/1999 7:57:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 4711

nytimes.com ON LANGUAGE BY WILLIAM SAFIRE "Myself is being used incorrectly in place of the first-person singular nominative. (I'm too shy to write I.)" In this article, William Safire attributes the wide-spread misuse of "myself" in place of "I" and "me" to self-consciousness. I always thought it was simple ignorance. His explanation doesn't make the usage less jarring to the ear, but it is interesting. Karen >

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