I Need Me, Myself, and I Help QUICK!

Joe270 · Jul 7, 2008

Help! I know this isn't the best for Office Party, but there's more people in here right now, and I'm in a bit of a rush. The paper gets submitted tomorrow morning.

What's the best way to write this sentence:

'This was a collaborative effort between Dr. Jones, other faculty, and myself.'

Or:

'This was a collaborative effort between Dr. Jones, other faculty, and me.'

Thanks for your assistance!

poetinahat · Jul 7, 2008

'me'

or

'I collaborated in this effort with Dr. Jones and other faculty'

Just my 0.02 + GST

Angelinity · Jul 7, 2008

um. how about...

'This was a collaborative effort with Dr. Jones and other faculty.'

or...

"My gratitude/thanks... to Dr Jones and all other faculty members for their collaboration...'

...

Joe270 · Jul 7, 2008

I don't think I can change that much of it. Obviously, it's not my paper. Yeah, right, me collaborating with faculty and Doctors. The world would stop spinning.

I figured it was gonna be 'me', but I need to be as sure as possible. I've googled it, but all the examples seem to go both ways in this instance.

I could change it to:

...A collaborative effort between myself, Dr. Jones, and other faculty members.

Or:

...A collaborative effort between me, Dr. Jones, and other faculty members.

kct webber · Jul 7, 2008

Joe270 · Jul 7, 2008

Okay, I'm going with 'me'.

If I get this wrong, I could get a gawdawful anal probe. Damn Doctors.

Hey, wait a minute, you guys aren't steering me wrong just to laugh your asses off at my expense, are ya?

kristie911 · Jul 7, 2008

I like "myself" better. Don't know why but it sounds better.

Sorry.

Joe270 · Jul 7, 2008

Dammit.

kristie911 · Jul 7, 2008

Do you want me to delete my post? Will that make it easier?

Joe270 · Jul 7, 2008

No. Just send me some non-latex exam gloves and a large jar of vaseline.

You are 911, after all, Kristie.

kristie911 · Jul 8, 2008

Joe270 said:
No. Just send me some non-latex exam gloves and a large jar of vaseline.

As long as you're not expecting me to be the one wearing the gloves...

:tongue

Joe270 · Jul 8, 2008

Everything's cool.

I went with Poetinafedora's suggestion:

'I collaborated with Dr. Jones. . ."

Mostly because Proctologists scare me.

Writing, it's not just a job, it's an adventure in unwanted medical procedures if you aren't darned careful with your proofreading.

JJ Cooper · Jul 8, 2008

Dr Jones and other faculty provided some (limited) information and overall it's my paper.

That help? What? Too late?

JJ

Joe270 · Jul 8, 2008

Thanks, JJ, I'll take any help I can get in what is quickly becoming the world's most public and humiliating case of 'cover your ass' in history.

JJ Cooper · Jul 8, 2008

As long as you don't go with my suggestion, you should be right.

JJ

SpookyWriter · Jul 8, 2008

JJ Cooper said:
As long as you don't go with my suggestion, you should be right.

JJ

Aw, are we sheepish with our words.

JJ Cooper · Jul 8, 2008

Just making sure my attempt at humour was read as such. Gotta use those emoticons more often.

JJ

Joe270 · Jul 8, 2008

ErylRavenwell · Jul 8, 2008

Me! "Myself" only when the subject is "I".

oswann · Jul 8, 2008

In the future just say it was you. Screw Dr. Jones and the other faculty, I say.

Os.

melaniehoo · Jul 8, 2008

I vote 'me.' Good luck.

And why does the word sheepish make me giggle?

Pat~ · Jul 8, 2008

Ah, too late. But since I'm here, I'll offer that I like Poet's and Angelinity's versions.

Poet's gets rid of the passive writing, and Angelinity's gets rid of the pronoun altogether.

Inky · Jul 8, 2008

Joe270 said:
No. Just send me some non-latex exam gloves and a large jar of vaseline.

You are 911, after all, Kristie.

You KNOW if there's a freaky thread in existence, my radar starts buzzing....*starts twitching*
Huh...apparently, another just posted...*dashes out of thread*

Joe270 · Jul 8, 2008

Poet's gets rid of the passive writing

I went with Poetinaderby's suggestion because it had the active advantage as well.

One of the things I did first was switch it to active voice, and get rid of repetitive use of certain words, like 'facilitate'. Everything was facilitated, for cryin' out loud. But I left some lines in passive because that way highlighted a particular task or goal. But, in the end, it solved two problems by going with active voice.

Plus the liberal scatterings of 'due to the fact thats' were cut.

No matter what, it's loads better than it was.

Thanks for the help, everyone.

Deleted member 42 · Jul 8, 2008

Joe270 said:
Everything's cool.

I went with Poetinafedora's suggestion:

'I collaborated with Dr. Jones. . ."

Mostly because Proctologists scare me.

Writing, it's not just a job, it's an adventure in unwanted medical procedures if you aren't darned careful with your proofreading.

Yes!

Poet is absolutely right. This is the best way.

I Need Me, Myself, and I Help QUICK!

Joe270

poetinahat

say it loud

Angelinity

absent

Joe270

kct webber

Squirrel, Sekrit type, 1 ea.

Joe270

kristie911

Happy to be here

Joe270

kristie911

Happy to be here

Joe270

kristie911

Happy to be here

Joe270

JJ Cooper

.

Joe270

JJ Cooper

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SpookyWriter

JJ Cooper

.

Joe270

ErylRavenwell

oswann

Grumpy

melaniehoo

And thus we begin the edits

Pat~

Luftmensch Emeritus, A.D.D.

Inky

Eat, Sleep, Write...

Joe270

Deleted member 42