Me vs. Myself

By Jaxson

  • Me (pronoun)

    As the direct object of a verb.

    “Can you hear me?”

  • Me (pronoun)

    Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.

  • Me (pronoun)

    As the object of a preposition.

    “Come with me.”

  • Me (pronoun)

    As the indirect object of a verb.

    “He gave me this.”

  • Me (pronoun)

    Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.

  • Me (pronoun)

    As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).

    “It wasn’t me.”

  • Me (pronoun)

    My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.

  • Me (pronoun)

    As the subject of a verb.

    “Me and my friends played a game.”

  • Me (pronoun)

    As the subject of a verb.

  • Me (determiner)

    alternative form of my

  • Myself (pronoun)

    Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. from 9th c.

    “I taught myself.”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    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. from 10th c.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    In my normal state of body or mind.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    Me (as the object of a verb or preposition). from 10th c.

    “I feel like myself.”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    I (as the subject of a verb). from 14th c.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    my name is…

    “Myself John.”

Wiktionary
  • Me (pronoun)

    used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition

    “do you understand me?”

    “wait for me!”

  • Me (pronoun)

    used after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’

    “you have more than me”

    “hi, it’s me”

  • Me (pronoun)

    I or my

    “I’ll get me coat”

    “me can come an go as me please”

  • Me (pronoun)

    to or for myself

    “I’ve got me a job”

  • Me (pronoun)

    used in exclamations

    “dear me!”

  • Me (noun)

    a medical condition of unknown cause, with fever, aching, and prolonged tiredness and depression, typically occurring after a viral infection.

  • Myself (pronoun)

    used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition when he or she is the subject of the clause

    “I strolled around, muttering to myself”

    “I hurt myself by accident”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    I or me personally (used to emphasize the speaker)

    “I myself am unsure how this problem should be handled”

    “I wrote it myself”

  • Myself (pronoun)

    used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself; I

    “myself presented to him a bronze sword”

Oxford Dictionary

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