Grammar Girl here, today's topic is how to use the word myself.

Myself is definitely one of the top things people complain to me about.

Here's an example.

Hi, Grammar Girl, I just discovered you and I'm so happy because I just go crazy when

I hear grammar being this used.

So I wonder if you could address the horrible thing that's happening in today's language,

the disappearance of the word me or I, and replacing it with myself.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard people use this reflective pronoun in the

wrong way and it drives me crazy, so maybe you can get to the bottom of it and try to

help everybody to the right thing.

Thanks, and I love your podcast, your website is fabulous.

Bye.

The caller is right, people seem to be so afraid to use the words me and I that they

substitute myself in all kinds of inappropriate places.

It's common to hear people say things like this.

Please contact squiggly, ardvark or myself with questions.

Here's why that's wrong.

The position of squiggly ardvark and the incorrect myself in the sentence is the object

position and me is the object pronoun you use to refer to yourself in a sentence like

that.

The quick and dirty tip to get it right is to think about how you would say this sentence

without squiggly an ardvark.

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