Python slang

[Clayton Kirkwood]

You can always tell the correctness by removing the other person. If it
doesn't sound right then, then it is wrong. You don't say 'I gave to I', or
'I gave to me', it is 'I gave to myself'. 

crk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-
> bounces+crk=godblessthe.us at python.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Ewing
> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2016 6:17 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Python slang
> 
> Ian Kelly wrote:
> > (not grammar, since "myself" is grammatically correct)
> 
> Not sure about that. "Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, used when the
subject and
> object of a verb are the same.
> So "I did this research by myself" is correct. But if Bob is involved, the
subject
> and object are different, so "myself" is not appropriate.
> 
> Whether that's a syntax error or a semantic error, I'm not enough of a
linguist
> to say.
> 
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