"I've seen it, myself."
Is the comma before "myself" correct or should it not be there?
Is the comma before "myself" correct or should it not be there?
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comma with 'myself' [pronoun]: I've seen it, myself.
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No comma in your sentence.
But please put your text in the body of the message and not solely in the subject line.
But please put your text in the body of the message and not solely in the subject line.
Done. So why is there not a comma? I don't understand why. "I've seen it" is a complete sentence in itself and adding "myself" adds emphasis but it doesn't have to be there. Does that mean that "You've seen it yourself" is correct, as well?
If "myself" or "yourself" were far apart from "I" or "you" then I might use a comma. But I wouldn't use a comma in a sentence as short as these. Nor normally would I pause before "myself" or "yourself" in speech.
If I did want to indicate a pause before "myself" here, I might use a dash:
I saw it - myself.
If I did want to indicate a pause before "myself" here, I might use a dash:
I saw it - myself.
You never need a reason to leave punctuation out. You only need a reason to put it in.
Ok. I think I got it. Thanks.