Question to native speakers: "Please contact X or me/myself/I?"

Started by Martinus, February 11, 2013, 05:42:40 AM

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Martinus

February 11, 2013, 05:42:40 AM
Obviously, the proper phrase is "Please contact me", however I noticed that when people refer to someone else and them, they sometimes use "Please contact X (e.g. Mr. Smith) or I" or "Please contact Mr. Smith or myself".

Is this correct? Or should we use "me" in each case?

Eddie Teach

#1
February 11, 2013, 05:52:49 AM
Should be me.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

jimmy olsen

#2
February 11, 2013, 06:02:47 AM
Yeah, should be me. But if you're not writing it out, and just using it normal conversation than myself is fine.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Scipio

#3
February 11, 2013, 07:46:11 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 11, 2013, 06:02:47 AM
Yeah, should be me. But if you're not writing it out, and just using it normal conversation than myself is fine.
No it's not, Austin Powers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67E42LQsU24
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

jimmy olsen

#4
February 11, 2013, 07:49:51 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2013, 07:46:11 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 11, 2013, 06:02:47 AM
Yeah, should be me. But if you're not writing it out, and just using it normal conversation than myself is fine.
No it's not, Austin Powers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67E42LQsU24
That's not the same sentence as Martinus laid out.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

Scipio

#5
February 11, 2013, 07:56:30 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 11, 2013, 07:49:51 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2013, 07:46:11 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 11, 2013, 06:02:47 AM
Yeah, should be me. But if you're not writing it out, and just using it normal conversation than myself is fine.
No it's not, Austin Powers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67E42LQsU24
That's not the same sentence as Martinus laid out.
No shit.  But bad grammar and syntax are bad grammar and syntax.
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

Eddie Teach

#6
February 11, 2013, 08:01:14 AM
"Please allow myself to introduce myself" suggests a man who lacks wealth and taste.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

CountDeMoney

#7
February 11, 2013, 08:16:49 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 11, 2013, 08:01:14 AM
"Please allow myself to introduce myself" suggests a man who lacks wealth and taste.

:lol:

Martinus

#8
February 11, 2013, 08:39:21 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 11, 2013, 08:01:14 AM
"Please allow myself to introduce myself" suggests a man who lacks wealth and taste.
:lol:

DGuller

#9
February 11, 2013, 09:00:09 AM
Martinus starts a thread about "me", "myself", or "I"?  Shocking. :o

garbon

#10
February 11, 2013, 09:53:25 AM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Warspite

#11
February 11, 2013, 01:08:28 PM
Overuse of reflexive pronouns is often a giveaway that someone works in HR.
" SIR – I must commend you on some of your recent obituaries. I was delighted to read of the deaths of Foday Sankoh (August 9th), and Uday and Qusay Hussein (July 26th). Do you take requests? "

OVO JE SRBIJA
BUDALO, OVO JE POSTA

Eddie Teach

#12
February 11, 2013, 01:14:43 PM
Quote from: Warspite on February 11, 2013, 01:08:28 PM
Overuse of reflexive pronouns is often a giveaway that someone works in HR.

Or is a negro.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

garbon

#13
February 11, 2013, 01:36:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 11, 2013, 01:14:43 PM
Quote from: Warspite on February 11, 2013, 01:08:28 PM
Overuse of reflexive pronouns is often a giveaway that someone works in HR.

Or is a negro.

:unsure:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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