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Discover LudwigThe phrase "addressed myself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of directing one's thoughts or actions towards a particular issue or topic, often in a reflective or self-directed manner.
Example: "In my journal, I addressed myself to the challenges I faced during the project."
Alternatives: "directed my thoughts" or "focused on myself".
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As we stroll back to the boat, I realise that the smiling man in the scarlet sarong whom I had addressed myself to was not the chief at all.
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He said, "I address myself now to all the racists, Islamophobes and anti-Semites.
A. Well, I can only address myself in the current - currently.
"I address myself now to all the racists, Islamophobes and antisemites.
I hurdle right over their heads and address myself to the world.
"I address myself to you, the leaders of nations, in this difficult hour of history," he said.
At another place, addressing myself to a mother holding a baby, I was immediately surrounded by three mothers.
Of course, I'm addressing myself to normal, healthy people, of whom I'm a good example, I think.
The answer is that were I to address myself to those matters, I would be entering the realm of moral and political (as opposed to analytical) judgment.
At the same time, I want to address myself publicly to all South Africans to urge that they consider again the stark consequences of violence before lighting the next match or pulling the next trigger.
In "Nunc Dimittis," the narrator expresses a wish "to address myself to an imaginary and sympathetic listener, a kind of mythical you," and it's just that "mythical you" that the reader so often feels herself to be.
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