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I thought about myself that vs I thought about myself that I

Both phrases are incorrect. The correct structure should be "I thought to myself that...". The preposition "to" is necessary in this context to indicate the direction of the thought.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 866 views

I thought about myself that

This phrase is incorrect. The preposition "about" is not suitable in this context.

The correct structure is "I thought to myself that...".
  • Dec 24, 2014 ... It's hard to get through the day when you're constantly hating yourself but eventually I realized that only I thought about myself that way.
  • I had to change the way I thought about food, exercise and above all, the way I thought about myself. That part wasn't a once-off challenge, it was ongoing ...
  • Sep 30, 2014 ... Losing weight meant I was just changing my appearance, and my health, but that wasn't changing the way I thought about myself. That was ...
  • Jul 29, 2014 ... "Just very negative things that I thought about myself that I was willing to put out there." That all changed when she came across plus-size ...

I thought about myself that I

This phrase is also incorrect. The preposition "about" is not appropriate in this context.

The correct structure is "I thought to myself that...".
  • That's what I thought about myself that I never was going to be anything. “All I wanted was his love. I didn't know what love was. Nobody ever told me that they ...
  • After some time, I told my doctor about what I thought about myself; that I thought I had a social issue. She told me there was medication for that.
  • Jan 24, 2015 ... Sometimes I thought about myself that I wouldn't be more than what I was,” Irvin said. “It's a blessing. I thank God every day. … Lord knows I ...
  • Jan 5, 2015 ... For a very long time i thought about myself that i'm somehow ...abnormal because i didn't fit the description. I'm not sociable and i don't have ...

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