Troy Steadman wrote:

> Wayland wrote:
> > So the Super Wal-Mart near me has "Value Added" French Bread with
> > garlic Parmesan, rosemary herb, "everything" topping, and a couple
> > others. When my roommate or myself buys loaves of these bread we
> > try to inspect as much as possible to check for air bubbles.

> I don't think I like: "When my roommate or myself buys loaves of these
> bread..."; "this bread" surely.

If you're going to nit-pick grammar, what about the use of "myself"
there? Having it as the subject of that sentence isn't very good usage.
Yes, there's no hard and fast rule that requires "myself" only in the
case where it's a reflexive pronoun (the object of a sentence with the
subject as the author), but still. Try removing the other person from
the sentence, and you get "When myself buys loaves . . ."

Also, it should be "buy", I'd think, as the personal pronoun came
second. I buy, you buy, he buys, she buys, etc.

It's a given that there will be at least one questionable or downright
incorrect instance of usage in my text, by usenet rules.




Brian

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