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"Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, so it should
refer back to the subject. But there's one common
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exception. It's the phrase "myself included."
This phrase means "including me." For example,
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many people, myself included, think that
Hollywood is producing too many remakes
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and not enough original films. The subject
of the sentence is "many people," so the
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reflexive pronoun "myself" doesn't refer
back to the subject, and yet it's become
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common and acceptable to say "myself included,"
and it means "including me." I'm in that group
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of people who have this opinion. I know that
this last year has been not very easy for all
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of us. Myself included. Finish this sentence.
Many people, myself included, complain that...
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