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The phrase "address to himself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone speaking or writing to themselves, often in a reflective or introspective context.
Example: "In his journal, he often included an address to himself, reminding him of his goals and aspirations."
Alternatives: "speak to himself" or "write to himself".
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It was like a man signing an address to himself.
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Murray minor's shouts of "Come on!" were always addressed to himself, his fist-pumps given in the direction of the crowd.
"It's worth mentioning the 23-year-old didn't deliver mail addressed to himself either," the police said in a statement.
The famous Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (not his title; he simply calls them "The matters addressed to himself") represents reflections written in periods of solitude during the emperor's military campaigns.
His protagonists are often barely veiled self-portraits, and the bizarre and menacing situations he invented for his imaginary world form, in part, a sequence of questions addressed to himself - to his own understanding and experience.
In his first book of poems, published in 1982, Wyatt Prunty asked, "Is it the ritual or narrative / Of our lives we understand?" Was that question addressed to himself, or was he perhaps looking for a little help?
For those who haven't seen the show, an incomplete (and partly spoiler-laden) recap: As part of the therapy for Evan's anxiety, his doctor instructs him to write a letter, addressed to himself, at the beginning of each day ("Dear Evan Hansen, Today is going to be a good day. …").
By John Richmond and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, July 9, 1938 P. 7 Man who was called out of town gave the switchboard operator in his house instructions, after leaving 10 postal cards addressed to himself at the hotel where he was going to stay, with instructions that she write down any messages, and mail one card to him every night.
Though he credited Rafter, Agassi tainted the act of congratulating the winner by smacking a ball across the net at a lineswoman who had reported to the umpire an obscenity Agassi had addressed to himself after missing a backhand at 6-all in the fifth.
Mr Putin laughed off a Russian press row over a photo of a spoilt ballot-paper on which was scrawled an obscene message addressed to himself.
In April last year Guy published a confessional letter addressed to himself, detailing his struggle with mental health and the pressure to perform.
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