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Stevefromdonny wrote: »"You received a letter from me"
"You received a letter from myself"
...... thinks for a bit ......
"myself" sounds more formal.
Might sound it to you but to people who understand grammar it sounds horrendous.
I get this a lot at work and it's always the people who want to make themselves sound more important than they are who get it wrong.0 -
Nitpicking, but, should be "Yours Faithfully".
"Yours Sincerely" if addressing a particular person.0 -
Stevefromdonny wrote: »"You received a letter from me"
"You received a letter from myself"
...... thinks for a bit ......
"myself" sounds more formal.
I sent you a letter.... ?What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?0 -
Might sound it to you but to people who understand grammar it sounds horrendous.
Agreed. It's from the Hyacinth Bucket school of naice wraiting.
"You received a letter from me" is perfectly correct and as formal as it needs to be.
You wouldn't write "my brother and sister visited, and we gave themselves a bottle of wine", would you?If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person.0 -
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