I read this in an email message.<\/p>\n
Problems:<\/strong> Explanations:<\/strong> 2.<\/strong> “On behalf of” implies that one party is doing something as a substitute, proxy, or delegate for another party. So “On behalf of myself” makes no sense and implies either an out-of-body experience or too much pride.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Even if problem #1 and problem #2 did not exist, it is incorrect to combine a reflexive pronoun (such as “myself”) with other nouns or noun phrases (such as “other company leaders”).<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> The word “Leaders” is not a job title — at least, not in the context of the problematic sentence — and therefore should not be used in this sentence as a proper noun. So it should not be capitalized.<\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong> I read this in an email message. Problems: 1. Any first-person pronoun should go at the end of a list. 2. An “On behalf of” phrase should never include a first-person pronoun. 3. Reflexive pronouns should not be joined with other nouns. 4. Roles that are not job titles should not be capitalized. Explanations: 1.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capitalization","category-common-english-blunders","category-pronouns"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n1.<\/strong> Any first-person pronoun should go at the end of a list.
\n2.<\/strong> An “On behalf of” phrase should never include a first-person pronoun.
\n3.<\/strong> Reflexive pronouns should not be joined with other nouns.
\n4.<\/strong> Roles that are not job titles should not be capitalized.<\/p>\n
\n1.<\/strong> One should put others first in a list. Here are two examples:
\nIncorrect: “He gave it to me and Jim.”<\/em>
\nCorrect: “He gave it to Jim and me.”
\nIncorrect: “I and Jim are downstairs.”<\/em>
\nCorrect: “Jim and I are downstairs.”<\/p>\n
\n“On behalf of other company leaders, I want to thank you….”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"