ATTN: Grammar Police. I need guidance

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

"If you have any questions please contact Carol or myself."
or
"If you have any questions please contact Carol or me."

I always thought the latter. The rule I think of is - remove the "Carole or" and which word would you use?

Am I totally wrong?


On edit: I misspelled grammar... ha

[Worst Username Ever]

1. NEVER use "myself."

"Me" is correct. "Myself" was just though up by some military guy or cop who though it sounded cool and official.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

8. Or the stupid HR people @ my work... thank you for vindicating me.

It makes me feel cool.

[redqueen]

2. me

Just take the other subject out of the sentence, if it sounds right it is.

[RagingInMiami]

3. If you have any questions, contact Carol and leave me the hell alone

[wtmusic]

*snarf*

:thumbsup:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

11. I think I can setup spelling/grammar checks in word to make that

replacement. I like it...

[barackmyworld]

4. "me"

it's an object. "You" is the understood subject.

Think about it in another sentence with "You" as the subject and my/myself as the object.

You like me.
You like myself.

[hollywood926]

5. you need the spelling police, too. :-)

grammar

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

12. I edited it... d'oh!!

[silverweb]

6. I agree with you.

I learned the same rule you did from the good nuns in high school.

The current popular use of "myself" instead of "me" bugs me almost as much as fingernails on a chalkboard!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

14. That and the blatent misuse of "your" "you're" and "there" "their"

<<<cringe>>>

[silverweb]

19. I agree.

However, many of those are just typos -- a result of the fingers moving faster than the brain -- and poor proofreading.

I'm an editor and come across it a lot in work from people I know know better. I also know that it's very hard to proofread your own work, because your eye sees what you meant, not necessarily what you typed.

[annerevere]

7. The grammatically correct answer is

to use 'Carol or me.' But I write in terms of what sounds better, because most people read aloud to themselves. I think 'Carol or myself' sounds better.

Just my style; for what it's worth, I used to be a copy writer/editor. But am no more.

[short bus president]

9. Yeah - why are you bothering US? Ask Carol!

:P

:hi: Hi Miz Lou_Who!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

15. I hate Carol and the one who scripted the email. And they've made me

grow a real aversion to all HR people (on edit)... that I have met.

Oh, and :hi: - ya know, I haven't been lounge-stalked lately. Do I smell funny?

[short bus president]

17. Maybe ya do, and maybe ya don't.

Funny like a clown? 'Cuz I've smelled some funny, funny-smellin' clowns before...

HR people - no jokes now 'cuz there are prolly some here. But yeah. I know what yer sayin'. And I just hain't been much Lounge-stalky lately. Sorry. I'm prolly overdue. But I've been drinkin' scuppernong wine since shortly after 2 in the afternoon, and have yet to take my first bite of actual food for the day. I'll prolly be in REAL good shape for some lounge-stalking tonight. ;-)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

18. Still hanging in there tobacco free?

Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

[short bus president]

20. Did you just Bette Midler at me???

;-)

Yus - still no cigarettes. I've been sorely tempted, tho. Just one little gasp of that sweet, sweet early death in my lungs...

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

22. yes, I did Bette Midler at you. You got a problem with that?

I am very proud of your strength. I am shooting for the end of the year.

You're the inspiration
You bring feeling to my life
You're the inspiration


There, I Chicago'ed at you, too... bring it on!

[short bus president]

24. Oh, it's on!

Now stand back and get ready to throw yer panties, 'cuz I'm gonna James Brown atcha:

EEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Heh! Witcha bad sef! <dancingthingthatnoscaverywhitedudecouldeverdo>

[JohnyCanuck]

10. And Grammar is spelled with an "a" not an "e"

:spank:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

16. I know... I know... I am a fool, too.

:blush:

[Bertha Venation]

13. "ME" is correct.

I try never to use "myself." Maybe that's just me. But I loathe the word when it's used as you have it in your first sentence.

I am a Grammar Queen of the Second Order. (Not of the first because there's too much I DON'T know about proper use of the English language.)

[LisaM]

21. Don't use 'myself' in that context - ever

I never did anyway, but the proofreader at my old company made it a rule. Some people don't think you should ever use the word at all - I use it sometimes (as in "I did it myself", though I know that bothers some people.) I never use it in business writing.

[parkening]

23. The word 'myself' has

legitimate uses. This is not one of them.

It is a self-referential pronoun and should be used that way.

ex: I ate that whole thing myself.

What really gets under my skin is when people say, "Me, myself, and I". Oh that just burns my toast! :grr: Just kidding, I'm just boosting my post count.