Herself vs Myself - What's the difference?
herself | myself |
(reflexive) Her;
* , chapter=17
, title= (emphatic) She;
(slang) A self-important female.
(reflexive) Me, as direct or indirect object
*
, title= Personally, for my part; used in apposition to (I), sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).
* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 36:
(archaic) I (as the subject of a verb).
*, II.8:
*1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged :
*:Myself am confident that an ointment of it is one of the best remedies for a scabby head that is.
that being which is oneself
In reflexive|lang=en terms the difference between herself and myself
is that herself is (reflexive) her; while myself is (reflexive) me, as direct or indirect object.As pronouns the difference between herself and myself
is that herself is (reflexive) her; while myself is (reflexive) me, as direct or indirect object.As a noun myself is
that being which is oneself.herself
English
Pronoun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
See also
(English personal pronouns)Statistics
*myself
English
Alternative forms
* meself (non-standard) * myselfe (archaic)Pronoun
(en-pron)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself , “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”}}
- Later I realized that the ignorant man that day was not the chief but myself .
- And my selfe have knowen a Gentleman, a chiefe officer of our crowne, that by right and hope of succession (had he lived unto it) was to inherit above fifty thousand crownes a yeere good land.
Usage notes
* Use where I could be used is mostly poetic or archaic, except with a coordinating conjunction, such as (and). * (2009) reports opposition to the intensifier use, especially where (I) could be used. *AP Stylebook Online(2010) reports opposition to the intensifier use as reflexive pronouns (myself) should not be used instead of objective pronouns (me).
See also
(English personal pronouns)Noun
(ourselves)- I am not myself today.
