It’s common to use myself instead of I or me when you’re referring to “another person and you” or “another person or you;” it has an informal, friendly effect.
Me vs myself (informal—two subjects or objects) examplesJoe and I/me/myself would like to come too.
Why don’t you come with Joe and me/myself?
Just ask for Joe or me/myself next time you need any help.
We use the reflexive pronounmyself (rather than me) when the subject and object of the action described by the verb is the same person (e.g., “I hurt myself cleaning the windows yesterday”).
We say by myself not “by me” to mean “on my own/alone” (e.g., “Can you help me? I can’t do it by myself” or “You left me all by myself”).
Use myself (not me) to emphasize that you are doing the action (e.g., “Don’t worry, I’ll call her myself”).
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Yes, me is a pronoun. It is the first-person singular object pronoun (e.g., “She gave it to me yesterday,” “Didn’t you see me there?”).
Sometimes it’s difficult to decide if I or me is correct in sentences like, “Joe and me saw you on Main Street yesterday.” “I” is actually the grammatically correct choice here because “Joe” and “I” are both subjects in this sentence (so you need the subject pronoun).
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A personal pronoun usually refers to a specific person, place, or thing, but an impersonal pronoun only refers to a generic person.
There are over twenty personal pronouns, including “she,” “he,” “them,” “we,” and “themselves.” They can be first-person, second-person, or third-person.
There are only two impersonal pronouns—”one” and “oneself.” They usually occur in sentences that describe general human behavior (e.g., “One can never have enough socks”).
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The possessive pronouns (“mine,” “ours,” “yours,” “his,” “hers,” “theirs,” and “whose”) represent nouns that belong to people (e.g., Maria said that the ginger ale in the refrigerator is hers”).
Possessive pronouns can play any of the roles that nouns can play in sentences.
They’re sometimes confused with possessive adjectives (“my,” “our,” “your,” “his,” “her,” “its,” “their,” and “whose”), which modify nouns that go right after them in a sentence (e.g., “Maria asked us not to drink her ginger ale”).
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A vague pronoun reference is a pronoun that doesn’t have a clear antecedent (a noun or noun phrase that the pronoun represents). The following sentence has a vague pronoun reference: “Jeremy picked it up and carried it to the closet.”
To avoid this error, use the antecedent in the preceding sentence or earlier in the same sentence (e.g., “Jeremy picked up the package and carried it to the closet”).
In addition to naming the antecedent, pronoun-antecedent agreement is also important for clear writing. Each pronoun should agree with its antecedent in number (singular or plural).
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An example of an antecedent in a sentence is “When the moon is full, it sometimes has a halo.” The antecedent is “moon,” and the singular pronoun “it” refers back to the moon.
This sentence has pronoun-antecedent agreement because a singular pronoun refers to a singular antecedent. Plural pronouns agree with plural antecedents (e.g., “The cats meowed until we gave them more food”).
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Everything is a singular indefinite pronoun. It can also be an antecedent for the singular pronouns “it” and “itself” or the singular possessive adjective “it.”
When “everything” is an antecedent, use singular pronouns and singular possessive adjectives (instead of plurals) to achieve pronoun-antecedent agreement (e.g., “I folded everything in the laundry basket and put it in the drawers”).
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“None” is singular when it refers to part of an uncountable noun (e.g., “None of this handwriting is legible”).
“None” is plural when it refers to multiple countable nouns (e.g., “None of these assignments are too difficult”) or multiple parts of an uncountable noun (e.g., “None of the sticks of butter have melted”).
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As an indefinite pronoun, “some” can be a subject or object that represents an undetermined or general noun in a sentence (e.g., “Some of my friends have already seen the Beetlejuice sequel”).
As an indefinite pronoun, “most” is singular when it refers to part of an uncountable noun (e.g., “Most of this bread is moldy”).
The indefinite pronoun “most” is plural when it refers to multiple countable nouns or multiple parts of an uncountable noun (e.g., “Most of the students are excited about the class”).
The same rules apply when “most” is a determiner that modifies a noun (e.g., “Most citrus tastes sour” vs. “Most of the pears were delicious”).
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