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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (749)	1/19/1998 7:46:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 4710

This assumes 'self' is the key issue&#151rather selfish, I think. No, improvement is the focus. car-improvement home-improvement self-improvement &#133all wrong, wrong, wrong. As for bung, I defer to Cornholio&#151King Bung and an inspiration to us all. -MrB

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (749)	1/19/1998 7:52:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 4710

Alex, Okay, here I am! DRUM ROLL!!!!!! Number-one pet grammar peeve: Using "myself" in place of I or me. I cringe when I hear someone say, "This was done by myself," particularly when I know thirty other people were involved. And I about go into apoplexy when I hear, "This was done by my partner and myself." It literally hurts my ears! Then there is the misplaced modifier one sees and hears frequently--even in the most august of places. To wit, "I only have three books." To me, this says that this unbelievably destitute person posesses nothing in the world other than three books. I could go on, but I think you get my drift. Besides, I am in mortal fear of overlooking a typo or other some other error which would be unforgivable on this thread. <vbg> BTW, in the case of self-improvement, I would hyphenate it, as you can see I have done. <another vbg> My sources are the "Chicago Style Manual" and Becky Brown. Whew! May I go now? Please? Holly