[Closed] Reflexive pronoun abuse

Also: "I have ran it"

This is an Americanism, I looked it up as I wanted to correct the person using it. Apparently, it's "correct".

Pah!

myself. most overused word in the workplace!

Count how many times you hear it in a week/ day. then work out hoe many times it was needed: I'm not sure it's the correct word 90% of the instances I hear it.

Count how many times you hear it in a week/ day. then work out hoe many times it was needed: I'm not sure it's the correct word 90% of the instances I hear it.

I've done this myself. Enlightening.

The abuse of the reflexive pronoun is made even worse by the addition of the entirely superfluous 'at all'. As in the now standard question from the server "would you like any desserts for yourself at all?". It's a wonder I haven't killed anyone for that. Yet.

Oh, and 'off of' is deliberately clumsy and wrong, it's a joke.

comma splices get my goat, they don't really.

Hasn't "would of" evolved from "would've" ?

Oh, and 'off of' is deliberately clumsy and wrong, it's a joke.

I think it started as a joke, but lately seems to have been adopted into normal usage.

Oh, and 'off of' is deliberately clumsy and wrong, it's a joke.

You can blame Scott Mills off of the radio for that one.

Hasn't "would of" evolved from "would've" ?

I'm on a really dull conference call. Speaker just said "if you have any questions contact myself".

OK, my first question is...

Pardon?

You can blame Scott Mills off of the radio for that one.

...and Cougar off of computers for perpetuating it.

That's the response to Tourupps 😆

The thread has listed most of my grammar pet peeves, but the worst one of all? Using a bloody question mark when you should use a bloody colon!

(I blame Buzzfeed)

WTAF - David and myself would be at least the correct order

David and myself would be at least the correct order

Jimmy I'm still waiting on ye getting off of the cludgie so I can see whit ye done.

Cabin crew. "Would you like any scratchcards yourself, at all?". It's just a way of filling out the sentence to delay the moment when you say no. You wouldn't. At all.

Jimmy I'm still waiting on you getting off of the cludgie so I can see whit ye done.

Surely, it should be affy?

David and I, surely?

You use "I" when it's the subject of the verb and "me" when it's the object. So:

"I hit him"

"He hit me"

In "David and I are going to ride our bikes", OK.
But "you can join David and me on our bike ride".

This. It depends if you're the subject or the object.

A handy way of working it out is to remove David from the equation. Take: "Me and David are going to ride our bikes." Sounds ok? Removing David, "Me is going to ride my bike" is clearly wrong.

"Me is going to ride my bike" is clearly wrong.

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It all started going wrong in pre-/ infant school when teachers allowed children to sound out words and write down what they thought was the correct spelling

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I'll see your Walken and raise you a Shatner.

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would you like any desserts for yourself at all?

Does make me somewhat desire to assume the mantle of Jackson, to whit, replying:

"Would you like any desserts for yourself, AT ALL WHAT MOTHERF*****!?"

Or perhaps shouting something about having had enough of all this bad grammar on this form of public transport.

Incidentally, does the thread title not mean "abusing myself".

Think of the children, not in public, etc.

Think of the children

That's probably a bad idea in this case.

myself. most overused word in the workplace!

Oh I don't know. Literally would give it a good run for that title in my workplace.

Also: "I have ran it"

This is an Americanism, I looked it up as I wanted to correct the person using it. Apparently, it's "correct".

Myself thinks its worng mostly cos it sounds clunky - I could of sweared its something too do with present perfect tense?

I made myself read this thread, as education for myself.

Oh I don't know. Literally would give it a good run for that title in my workplace.

Oh, I could like, literally like myself say that!

“At all” - I thought I was the only person who found that irritating.
“Have you been here before, at all?” 😀

"would you like a coffee at all?"

"yes, I would, but only a little bit, not really enough to actually buy one"

That should confuse them.

Literally would give it a good run for that title in my workplace.

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I used to work with a woman who would do the reflexive pronoun thing whenever she got hoity toity with someone on the phone.

We once had to endure a full five minute, full volume diatribe......

“Well, we sent an invoice to yourselves. What do you mean you haven’t received it? We need payment by yourselves to ourselves by the end of the week.”

On and on and on, thinking she was sounding clever. I’ll wager the other firm had her on speaker and were winding her up deliberately and pissing themselves at how ****ing stupid she was sounding.

****ing idiot!

myself. most overused word in the workplace!

Oh I don't know. Literally would give it a good run for that title in my workplace.

I heard a work colleague say (in a phone conversation)
"Oh you can literally just send that straight to myself"

How I didn't just wrap the phone cord round her neck I'll never know.

A couple that often crop up on here....

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-brake-set#post-8706132 ]Really rather good[/url] and adjustable

That's the bloody pits! Just never do it, not those three words together. Adding "and adjustable" is the icing on the cake.

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/front-tyre-hr2-or-dhr2#post-8923515 ]Sublime[/url]

It's a ****ing bike tyre you cretin!!!!!! Argh!!! I'm always absolutely seething when I see this written on here.

People who send things 'on' emails.

Can I add my rant about the use of "for free" to this thread. Absolutely boils my liquid excrement. As bad as not using indicators. Die painfully criminal!

headed / heading 👿

Can I describe a 'red big bus' or does it have to be a 'big red bus'? I know what sounds correct , and I assume there's a rule that even the dimmest halfwit can follow, but what's this called?

Don't know what it is called but I believe the correct order is "opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose noun"

I think this explains it.

"So,..." as the first word in an answer to a question.
"...almost unique..." at any time, either it's unique or it isn't