[Gllug] Monthly GLLUG grammar report (Seriously OT now!)

Tethys tet at accucard.com
Tue Nov 26 09:41:04 UTC 2002


John Winters writes:

>Congratulations!  I've sought for a long time for an example where
>"Steve and myself" would be correct.  It's usually used by Daily Mail
>readers where "Steve and me" would be correct but they can't bring
>themselves to say "Steve and me".

I don't know about Dail Mail readers, but it's most commonly used by
insurance salesmen:

	"Would that be of interest to yourself, Sir?"
	"Is that quote competitive for yourself, Sir?"

Bleugh!

Tet

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