Celebrity English

"For now, it's just nice for me to get back down to where I feel more comfortable with me." - Janet Jackson, on her recent weight loss

This quote contains an error in pronoun choice. In the adverb clause "where I feel more comfortable with me," Janet uses the pronoun "me" to refer back to the subject "I." When the subject and the object (or, as in this case, the object of the prepositional phrase that refers back to the subject) in a sentence are the same, a reflexive pronoun should be used. Since the subject is in the first person, the proper pronoun to use in this case is "myself."

This version of Janet's statement corrects the pronoun error:

"For now, it's just nice for me to get back down to where I feel more comfortable with myself."