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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (751)1/20/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) of 4710
 
Ooooo-good one! That drives me crazy, too. -Self is a reflexive or intensive pronoun and just doesn't stand alone. I also don't like what is apparently considered acceptable informally, the use of -self with the comparative. ("He did as well as myself"--terrible!)

WHat about using liable instead of likely? Or like instead of as? These bother me, too.
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