Nice write up. please tell us how to use (am) as well.

adecamp:
A whole lot of people make this mistake. Let me break it down. "Am" is a verb while "I'm" which is the short form for "I am" is used to modify a verb or stands as a sentence as the case may be.

Examples: if you are asked, "How are you ?"
You say, "I'm fine". Meaning "I am fine". But if you are asked " How are you ?" and you reply "Am fine". The statement " Am fine" does not have a meaning whatsoever.

Other examples are "I'm coming home now"(correct)..."Am coming home now"(Extremely wrong). We should please take note of simple blunders like this because, we might find ourselves talking to someone of higher calibre and making grammatical errors like this speaks little of us and also, in letter writing or essays, mistakes like this is minus 1/2 and imagine you use "Am" like 20 times, that is minus 10 Marks for a simple mistake that would have easily been a bonus point.

Thanks.

airsaylongcon:
There is no blunder worse than substituting Am for I am (or I'm). For me, it is the greatest grammatical blunder ever. When a yahoo boy says he's from UK or US and he's typing "am" instead of "I'm", it's a dead giveaway!

I can tolerate "weather" in place of "whether" but not "Am" in place of "I'm"

Well done OP

so when shud we use 'am', is it afta eating?

Fourwinds:
you are wrong again... "Am" cannot start stand alone... It needs a pronoun..


Where you wrote "So am going to the market "
Should be.. So, I am going to the market.

Do not Stand alone, stand alone ...singing....


More examples

Pronouns. Auxillary verbs (present/past)
You (are, were)
She ( is,was)
He (Is,was)
I ( am,was)
They (are,were)
We (are, were)

E.t.c


The pronouns are stuck with these verbs just as dick is stuck with man and boobs with women

I'M and AM are wrong....to be direct the correct one is


Na Me.


Foreign language nonsense

femi4:
I AM home

Meaning?

titiloyeblog:

Is "Am" really a verb?

I am a doctor. what do you think is the verb there? Apparently, am is the verb.

Anonymous4:
Even the writer doesn't explain very well "I am" "I,'m" and "Am" are all the same just that.. You can't start a sentence with "Am".. stop confusing people.. E.g Where are you going?
I'm going to the market not "Am going to the market"
but Where are you going?.. I need some groceries so am going to the market" .. Take note

Bro... the use of "am" in the second answer is wrong.
Take note

mistyebby:



Do not Stand alone, stand alone ...singing....


More examples

Pronouns. Auxillary verbs (present/past)
You (are, were)
She ( is,was)
He (Is,was)
I ( am,was)
They (are,were)
We (are, were)

E.t.c


The pronouns are stuck with these verbs just as dick is stuck with man and boobs with women

yeah...funny... At last statement

Kenmatt:

Meaning?

AM is a verb

adecamp:
A whole lot of people make this mistake. Let me break it down. "Am" is a verb while "I'm" which is the short form for "I am" is used to modify a verb or stands as a sentence as the case may be.

Examples: if you are asked, "How are you ?"
You say, "I'm fine". Meaning "I am fine". But if you are asked " How are you ?" and you reply "Am fine". The statement " Am fine" does not have a meaning whatsoever.

Other examples are "I'm coming home now"(correct)..."Am coming home now"(Extremely wrong). We should please take note of simple blunders like this because, we might find ourselves talking to someone of higher calibre and making grammatical errors like this speaks little of us and also, in letter writing or essays, mistakes like this is minus 1/2 and imagine you use "Am" like 20 times, that is minus 10 Marks for a simple mistake that would have easily been a bonus point.

Thanks.

How do you know which was pronounced. Give more examples in writing usage

Now Am understanding it thanks

adecamp:
A whole lot of people make this mistake. Let me break it down. "Am" is a verb while "I'm" which is the short form for "I am" is used to modify a verb or stands as a sentence as the case may be.

Examples: if you are asked, "How are you ?"
You say, "I'm fine". Meaning "I am fine". But if you are asked " How are you ?" and you reply "Am fine". The statement " Am fine" does not have a meaning whatsoever.

Other examples are "I'm coming home now"(correct)..."Am coming home now"(Extremely wrong). We should please take note of simple blunders like this because, we might find ourselves talking to someone of higher calibre and making grammatical errors like this speaks little of us and also, in letter writing or essays, mistakes like this is minus 1/2 and imagine you use "Am" like 20 times, that is minus 10 Marks for a simple mistake that would have easily been a bonus point.

Thanks.

Thank you for this clarification. I have had a running battle correcting learners/users of English of this annoying usage of am instead of I'm.

titiloyeblog:


Is "Am" really a verb?

"Am" is the first person singular of the verb be, and it is used only for First Person Singular Pronoun “I”.

Bluffly:

How do you know which was pronounced. Give more examples in writing usage

"Am" is the first person singular of the verb be, and it is used only for First Person Singular Pronoun “I”.
This also means that you cannot start a sentence with "am". Example: Am going to be a father next week. This is grammatically wrong.
The correct one is: I am going to be a father next week.

Thanks for the correction, am coming!!


But o, when can "AM" be used without involving "I', like seriously??

Timijo:
"Am" is the first person singular of the verb be, and it is used only for First Person Singular Pronoun “I”.
This also means that you cannot start a sentence with "am". Example: Am going to be a father next week. This is grammatically wrong.
The correct one is: I am going to be a father next week.

Make a sentence with "Am"

Bluffly:


Make a sentence with "Am"

Did you understand the explanation?
You cannot make a sentence with only "Am". It must go with first person pronoun I.
For examples:
I am going home.

I am working on my computer.

The contracted form of "I am" is "I'm", and that is what some people pronounce as "am".
You can use "Am" to begin a question.
Examples:
Am I depositing enough money in the account?
The sentence: I am going home can be changed into a question like this: Am I going home?
Here is another example: Where am I right now?

mrkings84:
Thanks for the correction, am coming!!


But o, when can "AM" be used without involving "I', like seriously??

If you say or write, "Am coming", it is wrong.
The correct one is: I'm coming.

femi4:
AM is a verb

"Am" cannot make a sense in English grammar, it has to flow with "I", as you have pointed out above. It's a senseless tense in sentence.

You cannot make a sentence with only "Am". It must go with first person pronoun I.
For examples:
I am going home.

I am working on my computer.

The contracted form of "I am" is "I'm", and that is what some people pronounce as "am".
You can use "Am" to begin a question.
Examples:
Am I depositing enough money in the account?
The sentence: I am going home can be changed into a question like this: Am I going home?
Another examples:
Where am I right now?
With whom am I speaking?

AntiBrutus:


Same here. I can't deal abeg .

Lol who una dey form for?

Who English epp? u won send us lust Angeles make i 4 go lust.... .. ..... English is a borrowed language u don't expect us to speak it fluently as the owners let's work towards our language atleast together we can make our spoken language great again especially our ladies that form while speaking borrowed language finally the might end up speaking thrash our yeyebrity and forming are lyk 5&5 Igbo amaka

Kenmatt:


"Am" cannot make a sense in English grammar, it has to flow with "I", as you have pointed out above. It's a senseless tense in sentence.

We are not communicating


"Op, you said "Am" is a verb, plet can you give me an example where "Am" functions as a verb"

I responded to that part of your question to show you that AM is a verb. The Helping verb or auxiliary verb

adecamp:
A whole lot of people make this mistake. Let me break it down. "Am" is a verb while "I'm" which is the short form for "I am" is used to modify a verb or stands as a sentence as the case may be.

Examples: if you are asked, "How are you ?"
You say, "I'm fine". Meaning "I am fine". But if you are asked " How are you ?" and you reply "Am fine". The statement " Am fine" does not have a meaning whatsoever.

Other examples are "I'm coming home now"(correct)..."Am coming home now"(Extremely wrong). We should please take note of simple blunders like this because, we might find ourselves talking to someone of higher calibre and making grammatical errors like this speaks little of us and also, in letter writing or essays, mistakes like this is minus 1/2 and imagine you use "Am" like 20 times, that is minus 10 Marks for a simple mistake that would have easily been a bonus point.

Thanks.

pele oo creative writing teacher

What If for Example; some Asked you a Question? First Person; come let's Apples? Now which do You Use?

reservd:
Too many make this error , initially I thought pple were doing it as abbrevatn while typing bt I'v come to realise that as not the case, is it the foundation teachers or who is to be blamed. It's common among those born in d late 90s and after

Your write up is even worse.

Timijo:
Did you understand the explanation?
You cannot make a sentence with only "Am". It must go with first person pronoun I.
For examples:
I am going home.

I am working on my computer.

The contracted form of "I am" is "I'm", and that is what some people pronounce as "am".
You can use "Am" to begin a question.
Examples:
Am I depositing enough money in the account?
The sentence: I am going home can be changed into a question like this: Am I going home?
Here is another example: Where am I right now?

That's my point. You have just used "Am" in a sentence. It is called interrogative sentence. So do not say you can not start a sentence with "Am" only if you will say you cannot start a declarative sentence with "Am" and likewise others
Types of Sentences
Declarative sentence,imperative sentence, interrogative sentence,exclamatory sentence

Educative indeed!

Jennifer Diary contribute to this little mistakes also aa fans are been carried away with her use of english but making her daily living from there.

May God help us

ireneidiva:

Your write up is even worse.

Thank you

femi4:
We are not communicating


"Op, you said "Am" is a verb, plet can you give me an example where "Am" functions as a verb"

I responded to that part of your question to show you that AM is a verb. The Helping verb or auxiliary verb

'Am' is an example of verb 'to be' or helping verb.
Example:
I am going to the store.
In this sentence, 'am' is a helping verb, and the complete verb in the sentence is 'am going.'

AntiBrutus:


Same here. I can't deal abeg .

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