Monday’s Mistake for May 31, 2021: “It’s Myself!”… or not. How to Correctly Use Reflexive Pronouns

Monday’s Mistake for May 31, 2021: “It’s Myself!”… or not. How to Correctly Use Reflexive Pronouns

In the past week, I have seen the word myself misused two times in business writing, so I am interpreting that as a message from the grammar gods that we need to address it in a Monday’s Mistake. Here’s one of the mistakes I saw: “After you get the information, send it to John and myself.” Do you see what is wrong with the sentence? It should say me, not myself: “After you get the information, send it to John and me.” If the writer hadn’t included John, do you think he would have written this? “After you get the information, send it...