When do I use "I" and "myself"? Say in a sentence "Mary and X will be going to the market", X = myself or I ?

Answer 1

No, myself is not an adverb and yes, it can be used in the subject ("I, myself find it odd.")

All pronouns that end with "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural) are called "reflexive pronouns". Think of a reflection in a mirror. There is no reflection of a person until the person is present. In that sense, reflexive pronouns are never used until the noun (John, my friend, the policeman, etc.) or the pronoun (I, you, he, she, me, them, etc.) is mentioned in the sentence. You cannot make a correct sentence with "myself" unless "I" or "me" is mentioned first in the sentece.
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Here is a general overview of how to use reflexive pronouns:

Reflexive pronouns are used in three main situations;

1. When the subject and object are the same:
Did he kill himself?
2. As the object of a preposition, referring to the subject:
I bought a present for myself.
3. When you want to emphasize the subject:
I'll do it myself.
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Now, let me suggest that the inclusion of a series of persons, such as "Mary and X" can cause distraction. To simplify matters, remove all persons from the series except the "X". The rules of grammar do not change when a series of persons is used in the sentence. Just try your sentence without the extra person and see how it sounds:
"X will be going to the market."
Now you have a simplified sentence to consider. Since no mention has been made of "I" or "me" in the sentence, you know a reflexive pronoun is not allowed. That leaves you with either "I" or "me" to use in place of "X". Is "X" the subject or the object? "X" is the subject. That means you must use "I".

Answer 2

Myself would only be used if the sentence read "Mary and I, myself, will be going to the market." This is for the most part an unnecessary use.

Answer 3

In this If X = me

Then the sentence is reframed as "Mary and I will be going to the market"

Example for myself : Myself & Mary will be going to the Market.

Answer 4

It should be "I"

When confused, take out the other person in the sentence. In this case, that would be Mary. After doing so, ask yourself what makes sense.

Answer 5

You use whichever would be correct if Mary weren't going.

In this case you would never say "Me will be going to the market" or "Myself will be going to the market".

Therefore: Mary and I are going to the market.

But in response to the question "Who's going to the market?", you could say either "Mary and me" or "Mary and I are going to the market".

Answer 6

In the old days when people studied traditional grammar, we could simply say, “The first person singular pronoun is “I” when it’s a subject and “me” when it’s an object,” but now few people know what that means. Let’s see if we can apply some common sense here. The misuse of “I” and “myself” for “me” is caused by nervousness about “me.” Educated people know that “Jim and me is goin’ down to slop the hogs,” is not elegant speech, not “correct.” It should be “Jim and I” because if I were slopping the hogs alone I would never say “Me is going. . . .” If you refer to yourself first, the same rule applies: It’s not “Me and Jim are going” but “I and Jim are going.”

So far so good. But the notion that there is something wrong with “me” leads people to overcorrect and avoid it where it is perfectly appropriate. People will say “The document had to be signed by both Susan and I” when the correct statement would be, “The document had to be signed by both Susan and me.” Trying even harder to avoid the lowly “me,” many people will substitute “myself,” as in “The suspect uttered epithets at Officer O’Leary and myself.”

“Myself” is no better than “I” as an object. “Myself” is not a sort of all-purpose intensive form of “me” or “I.” Use “myself” only when you have used “I” earlier in the same sentence: “I am not particularly fond of goat cheese myself.” “I kept half the loot for myself.” All this confusion can easily be avoided if you just remove the second party from the sentences where you feel tempted to use “myself” as an object or feel nervous about “me.” You wouldn’t say, “The IRS sent the refund check to I,” so you shouldn’t say “The IRS sent the refund check to my wife and I” either. And you shouldn’t say “to my wife and myself.” The only correct way to say this is, “The IRS sent the refund check to my wife and me.” Still sounds too casual? Get over it.

On a related point, those who continue to announce “It is I” have traditional grammatical correctness on their side, but they are vastly outnumbered by those who proudly boast “it’s me!”

Answer 7

Direct quote from Dr. Grammar - drgrammar.org:
"According to The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, "Myself is best used either reflexively (I have decided to exclude myself from consideration) or intensively (I myself have seen instances of that type). But myself shouldn't appear as a substitute for I or me."

In your example, it should be "I".

Answer 8

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When do I use "I" and "myself"? Say in a sentence "Mary and X will be going to the market", X = myself or I ?

Answer 9

I am going to the market.
Mary and I are going to the market.
I am going to the market by Myself.

And by wasting time going to the market Mary and I are going to be late for work

Answer 10

I is a subject pronoun, so you should use Mary and I. Myself is a reflexive pronoun, refering back to the subject I, as in "I am asking this for Mary and myself." or I, myself, think so. Myself cannot be used as a subject pronoun.