Reflection is generally a good thing, but it can be overdone — like spending too much time staring at yourself in a mirror. Similarly, reflexive pronouns, which play a distinctive role, can be ...

“If misuse of ‘I’ and ‘me’ is an irritant, the abuse of ‘myself’’ is nothing short of a blot on humanity.” As the jocular gibe above implies, the subjective pronoun “I” and the objective pronoun “me” ...

Dave in Elkland, Pa., wrote to me recently about pronouns ending in “self” — myself, yourself, and so on — and how annoying they can be at times. “‘Myself,’ in particular, drives me near distraction,” ...