When to use “me”, “myself” and “I"

When to use “me”, “myself” and “I"




me、 myself、I的指涉都一樣，
但是卻不能互換，
因為它們在句中都各自扮演特別的角色。
"I"→ a subject pronoun
"me"→ an object pronoun
"myself" → a reflexive or intensive pronoun
要如何區別？
首先要區別subject及object。
subject=the actor in a sentence
object= the word that is acted upon
【例】
I invited her but she invited me.
object也可以做為介系詞的受詞。
【例】
She danced around me, while he shimmied up to me.
如果能區別主詞和受詞，
就不會犯以下的錯誤：
Me heard gossip. (F)
I heard gossip. (T)
至於myself如何使用？
myself常被用來取代I或me，
因為感覺使用myself，比較impressive。
Please tell Jack or myself。用myself似乎感覺比較elegant。
但是用me，才是正確的說法。
myself的功用是反身代名詞 (reflexive pronoun)，
當主詞為I時，用來做為句子的受詞。
【例】
I consider myself the most important pronoun at this year's party.
myself也可以做為加強語氣代名詞(intensive pronoun)，
【例】
I, myself, have heard others agree.
這個句子沒有myself也可以，只是加了myself，
可為句子增加一些魅力喔！
要確認myself是否可存在句中，
就要看看是否有沒有它所反射(reflect) 或強調(intensify)的I。
弄清楚了me、 myself、I的功用，
就比較不會弄錯、誤用。

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