Which is grammatically correct?
1) Further to my meeting with yourself, Tony and Andrew on September 6th....
or
2) Further to my meeting with you, Tony and Andrew on September 6th....
2007-09-18 10:12:59 · 12 answers · asked by ((♫♥♪♫♥♪♫ Shivers ♫♥♪♫♥♪)) 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
OK, Teacher...I gotta know...what would I say other than "Further to my meeting", if in fact I am following up after having a meeting with the 3 people mentioned?
2007-09-18 10:27:40 · update #1
#2 is correct. And the word "further" is "Plain English" as opposed to the word "pursuant" which is legalese jargon.
2007-09-18 11:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Sally Anne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it would be "you", rather than "yourself", but I'm not really sure what the heck "further to my meeting" means. Do you mean something like "pursuant"?
I would suggest just rewriting the whole dang thing, and saying what you mean:
"Thank you for meeting with Tony, Andrew, and me on September 6th. I've had some further thoughts on the subject..."
"I've had some new ideas on the subjects that you, Tony, Andrew, and I discussed on September 6th..."
"That was a great meeting we had with Tony and Andrew on the sixth! Thank you for making it possible. Do you think we should..."
"I'd like to recap the discussion that you, Tony, Andrew, and I had on September 6th. Please let me know if you think this is an accurate summary..."
2007-09-18 17:48:35 · answer #2 · answered by Diane H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's 2.
2007-09-18 17:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't care for any of those. How about this?
Following up on our meeting with Tony and Andrew on the 6th, . . .
2007-09-18 20:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by Carlos R 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a criminal justice major instead of an English major. . . but #2 is grammatically correct.
"Yourself" is a reflexive pronoun----a pronoun that is preceded by the noun or pronoun to which it refers. For example, "I see myself" or "she sees herself."
Is that as clear as mud?
2007-09-18 17:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by Laurie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yourself, myself, herself, etc. are all vastly overused and ridiculously pretentious words that the uneducated use when the correct words are you, me, her, etc. You don't meet with someones self, you meet with someone--a real person. #2 is the correct usage. Now, don't get me started with the awkward phrase "Further to my meeting....".
2007-09-18 17:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by teacher93514 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Further to my meeting with YOU
2007-09-18 17:21:06 · answer #7 · answered by FutureFirstLady 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 have a masters in english
2007-09-18 17:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by scokeman 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
2. I got A for my English!
2007-09-18 17:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by jenesuispasunnombre 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither is a complete sentence. However, the reflexive yourself seems inappropriate there. The whole phrase is poorly worded.
2007-09-18 17:21:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋