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

I think everybody knws the difference, its just quicker to use am instead of i'm. Except they are actually dumb as fvck

Ayam confused

Op,you never used "Am" correctly only its wrong usage

The two are twins, am is a mail, while I'm is a femail

Using "Loose" for "lose" is more annoying.
You don't "Loose" a match.

OP should also create a thread on the difference between "being and been". People tend to misuse them as well.

BUSHHUNTER:
Even primary students are aware of this!

That's what you'll continue to believe, till you hear it from a first-class graduate

How does this concern Buhari WAEC certificate?

Nigerians we too sabi english pass oyinbo way get english. Thanks

Inside women and English I nor jus knw which one hard pass to understand ...Sha women dey form but English no jus get one form.

EmekaBlue:
I no need am...I don pass jamb since

You don't write JAMB but sit for UMTE.

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

Thank you so much OP for this.
A lot of ppl make that mistake so much, at a stage I was beginning to think I was the one getting it wrong.
After years of seeing ppl make the same mistake, I remember the day a chick sent me text using "I'm" instead of "am", I nearly fell in love.

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.

Is "Am" really a verb?

Na ladies dey commit this error pass

You should have given a sentence on how to use Am too, for them to know.

post=77961138:
90% of Nairalanders should read this thread PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
We beg una biko!!

We see this here on a weekly basis, and it is becoming more than alarming.

It is : I'm President Muhammadu Buhari's Child ....
(Same thing as 'I am President Muhammadu Buhari's child'.)


not


Am President Muhammadu Buhari's child!

Please take note!!

Not weekly basis but on daily basis. Even pseudointellectuals wallow in this very nauseating error.

I often wonder how someone who went to primary school at least would start a sentence with "am".

Use of "your" instead of "you're" is also worthy of mention.

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

I AM home

titiloyeblog:
Is "Am" really a verb?

Yes, a helping 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.

4 me. U v jst written nonsense. Sorry

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.

Gracias prof

ItzBIM:
Asin it’s alarming the amount of Nigerians that don’t know the difference.

Same with their and there.

I have corrected as much as possible but I have given up now.

Nigerians feels attacked when corrected.

as if you are perfect

the difference is lazy nigerian millennials usage.....it seems all Nigerian youth now use 'am' instead of 'I'm'

Reeb2244:
You should have given a sentence on how to use Am too, for them to know.

exactly..

ishawlar:
Nigerians we too sabi english pass oyinbo way get english. Thanks

I tire oo

stevo4them:
naija no sabi this one oh.....just lock up bro

personalize it bro