[Grammar] Ouestion about the correct use of reflexive pronoun

[Barman]

Is it correct to write " I used to go to office travelling by train as it is the only transportation system to avail myself ? "

 

[Tdol]

Calm down, please- we are volunteers and we are in many time zones. It doesn't work for me. I would say the following:

I used to go to office by train as it was the only transportation available.

 

[Tdol]

On the question of the reflexive pronoun with avail- it is correct, but I would not use it here.

 

[TheParser]

Is it correct to write " I used to go to office travelling by train as it is the only transportation system to avail myself ? "

NOT A TEACHER

I checked the Web, and it seems that it is correct (and very formal) to say something like: "I used to go to work by train, as it was the only transportation of which to avail myself."

In the present-day United States, however, I doubt that anyone would ever say or write such a sentence.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

NOT A TEACHER

I checked the Web, and it seems that it is correct (and very formal) to say something like: "I used to go to work by train, as it was the only transportation of which to avail myself."

In the present-day United States, however, I doubt that anyone would ever say or write such a sentence.

Yuk! God forbid!

 

[Rover_KE]

I have never felt the need to use 'avail'. The only useful word connected with it is available.

 

[Tarheel]

Barman, I used to go the office by train as it was the only way for me to get there.

 

[Barman]

Yuk! God forbid!

According to you, what is the correct usage of the reflexive pronoun " myself" in this sentence ?

 

[GoesStation]

According to you, what is the correct usage of the reflexive pronoun " myself" in this sentence ?

"… The only transportation of which to avail myself" is grammatically correct, but a native speaker would almost never use such a complicated construction when they can just say the only kind of transportation available (if that's the idea you're trying to express).

 

[emsr2d2]

[STRIKE]According to you,[/STRIKE] What is the correct usage of the reflexive pronoun "myself" in this sentence?

Note my corrections above.

Don't put a space after opening quotation marks. Don't put a space before a question mark.

 

[Tarheel]

Barman, I used to go the office by train as it was the only way for me to get there.

I guess I can jam "myself" in there. Perhaps:

I used to go to the office by train by myself. It was the only way for me to get there.

 

[Barman]

Ok. Thank you emsr2d2 for your advice. What is the correct usage??

 

[Rover_KE]

OK. Thank you emsr2d2 for your advice. What is the correct usage?

ems showed you the correct usage by her correction in red.

 

[emsr2d2]

To be fair to the OP, I didn't give an example of how to use "myself" in the original sentence; I simply corrected the question. Several other people have already given good advice on that.

 

[Barman]

It's ok Sir / Madam emsr2d2. How can the original sentence be written Sir /Madam? I'm eager to know your opinion.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's OK [STRIKE]Sir / Madam[/STRIKE] emsr2d2. How can the original sentence be written [STRIKE]Sir /Madam[/STRIKE]? I'm eager to know your opinion.

See posts 2. 4 and 7 for examples of how the original sentence can be rewritten.

 

[emsr2d2]

Stop writing "Sir/Madam". You're not writing a formal letter to someone you don't know. If you want to mention one of us, just use the username.

 

[Tarheel]

See posts 2. 4 and 7 for examples of how the original sentence can be rewritten.

What about #11?

 

[jutfrank]

I used to go to the office by train as it was the only transportation available.

I used to go to the office by train as it was the only way for me to get there.

See the corrections above.

 

[Tarheel]