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To: kristinn

>>"They were making fun of John Zizza and Mary Dunn and me," said Selectwoman Jennifer Firth

Well, at least she didn't say "myself". That particular misusage drives me nuts, and is extremely common.


50 posted on 02/09/2007 8:35:49 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: FreedomPoster

Of course she didn't say "myself" in that context!
The Three Stooges was apparently "over her head"!


58 posted on 02/09/2007 8:40:32 PM PST by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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To: FreedomPoster
Well, at least she didn't say "myself". That particular misusage drives me nuts, and is extremely common.

Let's keep that just "between you and I".

65 posted on 02/09/2007 8:52:53 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: FreedomPoster
Well, at least she didn't say "myself". That particular misusage drives me nuts, and is extremely common.

Drives you nuts, but it makes me sick... That's why I call it a "refluxive pronoun!" ;-)

227 posted on 02/10/2007 10:06:59 AM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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