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Grammar question

Is this first sentence correct?

Today in 8th I wrote the essay of the interview he conducted with myself. I know he interviewed his brother as well, it was just hard to help write an interview on him without knowing him.

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I'm not sure what "in 8th" means. Do you mean 8th Grade or on the 8th of the month? I'm going to assume the former.

Today in 8th Grade, I wrote the essay of the interview he conducted with me. I know he interviewed his brother as well. It was just hard to help write an interview on him without knowing him.

The version above is better grammatically, but I have to say, I haven't got a clue what you're talking about. It's not clear who he or him is, i.e., whether they're the same people or different people. If you're a native English speaker, I'm afraid to say it's not well written. Sorry. Try again. If you're learning English, then it looks like you're quite advanced. Try to think more clearly. I would recommend putting a name or two in there. That'll help.

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Thanks. That helps. The writer meant 8th period, and "he" is my son Nolan, but I was confused about the use of "myself" instead of "me". It was a note the writer left for me. So I guess that answered my question. I thought I missed something back when I was in school and although I was sure the use of "myself" was bad, I wanted to get another opinion. That was written by an educator at my son's high school. Sad, isn't it?

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Yeah, that's fairly disastrous.

“Myself” is used with “I” to emphasize your own role in the sentence.

- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
- I do not take a single newspaper, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.


People use myself to avoid using I and me.

The insults were aimed at the doctor and I. [wrong]
The insults were aimed at the doctor and me. [correct, but sounds wrong]
The insults were aimed at the doctor and myself. [wrong, but sounds better than all other options (to some)]

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Thanks for all of your help! The examples were helpful.