joham
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I was very surprised when I read the sentence with the structure of 'congratulate myself that' in the following search result. Could you tell me whether you natives say things this way at all? Thank you very much.
http://www.americancorpus.org/x4.asp?t=1035208&ID=363886948
http://www.americancorpus.org/x4.asp?t=1035208&ID=363886948
Date
2006
Publication information
New York :; Touchstone,
Title
To kingdom come : [a novel] /
Author
Thomas, Will, 1958-
Source
To kingdom come : [a novel]
Expanded context:
against the cobalt night. Vaguely, I remembered thoughts I'd had once of jumping from a bridge and shuffling off this mortal coil, but that had been a few months ago. Had I finally done it? I wondered. To be truthful, I wasn't sure I had the nerve. If this was an attempt, I could congratulate myself that it was successful, which was a novelty, since I'd rarely been successful at anything in my twenty-two years. If that actually was a bridge above me, then presumably I would strike water shortly, which was far preferable to pavement, being less messy. I had another