We need a thread about Nigerians saying throwing ‘a shade’/‘shades’

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

Am is also part of verb to be which they are eight in forms. Namely: is, am, was, were, are, be, being, been.

anyhow e be..... Lo be e

Wayyyyy too many people use am instead of I'm. I guess since so many graduates use it then it must be correct so others follow. It's one thing to use it in casual talk...same way one would speak pidgin.... but when correct English is required....as in interviews... written tests.... too many don't adjust and in the end are shocked at why they were unsuccessful at the interview... even though they had the best academic qualifications. Am I'm out.

no be Nigerians dey use

I wan buy granning or grounded pepper

instead of ground pepper


no offence people as money is all I need now. I don do menial jobs tire & no savings.

oh Lord Almighty bless me today with power to invent a product dat will be in 1billion hands I don't mind making 10 naira per product but let it enter every homes within your best time. If nobody need me, fine but they can't do without my product.

Please help me quote & type amen

Is there anyway you can make this get to all Nigerian girls, especially the slay queens?

So I've Saying Thrash all This While.

I have observed that here on nairaland... I just have to ignore such blunder.... It is very annoying

ibkayee:
We need a thread about Nigerians saying throwing ‘a shade’/‘shades’

Should be throwing spades ba? Lmao

It’s the most irritating thing ever. Use ‘am’ for me and I completely lose interest in the conversation.

I can bet u C. Ronaldo don't know about this & doesn't care to know but he's richer than your State.

Who Am abi Yam epp!!

Nonsense & English Language!!

Baba God Bless ma hustle, no be English dey do me.

This is very basic. Any one with a basic knowledge of English language ought to know the difference and how each is used in sentences.

chukwunedum150:
as if you are perfect

No one is.

But I take corrections.

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

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.

Truest:
no be Nigerians dey use

I wan buy granning or grounded pepper

instead of ground pepper


no offence people as money is all I need now. I don do menial jobs tire & no savings.

oh Lord Almighty bless me today with power to invent a product dat will be in 1billion hands I don't mind making 10 naira per product but let it enter every homes within your best time. If nobody need me, fine but they can't do without my product.

Please help me quote & type amen

Amen my brother. Na money be English, Mathematics, Social Studies, all d subject combined together. Money pass all of them!!

Saffi:
It’s the most irritating thing ever. Use ‘am’ for me and I completely lose interest in the conversation.

Same here. I can't deal abeg .

Let me share more details to this topic, I am is always pronounced as am when speaking but it can never be used in writing so there is nothing like am going home so it should be "I'm going home"

Check these examples below and see why I marked I'm wrong in the first place and right in the second place

1. I am going home (correct)
2. I'm going home (wrong)

I know people will be saying what is this one saying, well, you can never write I'm without a quotation mark because you are quoting someone by writing the short form of I am as I'm, therefore there must be a quotation mark to show you are quoting someone's speech.

1. I am going home (correct)
2. " I'm going home" (correct)

Check this writing below. Let's assume I am writing a Novel.


I told Tunde that I am going home and he looked at me and said "if you're going home, I'm going with you " then I knew he was serious.

You can now see that mine appears as I am because lam writing while Tunde's own appears as I'm because I am quoting him. You can also notice are changed to 're

To understand this issues properly get yourself a novel and you will see that the following below must be inside a quotation mark.

I am " I'm "

I will " I'll "

You are " you 're "

Hope I contributed a little.

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 [b]am [/b]going to the market" .. Take note

I beg to differ. If I'm not wrong, "am" is a first person singular present of "be" which can not stand alone. It's almost impossible to use "am" in isolation of the first person subject "I" unless in the form of question where "am" comes before e.g "Am I tall?"

Considering your example, you have used two "clauses" with a conjunction "so".

Now we can break it down thus : I need some groceries /so/ am going to the market

The first part of your sentence makes sense because it has an action word "need" hence, it can stand alone. "I need some groceries"
The second part can also stand alone because of the to do action word "going" so you can (not) say "Am going to the market"

So you see where you've got it wrong to the best of my knowledge. Both clauses can stand alone but you definitely can not start the second clause with "am" as you have suggested. The correct sentence should be:

"I need some groceries" /so/ "I am going to the market"

I stand to be corrected

mathinips:
Sorry bro, ask Baba Buhari if this is a requirement to become a President of Federal Republic of Nigeria

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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

the highlighted italics is wrong. It is: "I need some groceries so I'm( I am) going to the market". Don't forget "I'm" is short for "I am".

lovelygurl:


Yes, a helping verb

Okay. Thanks

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

You are wrong please. Why are you making emphatic statements when you are not sure of what you are saying. I'm is the short form of I am. Just like don't is the short form of do not. Am is used primarily in a question e.g. Am I lazy? Am I going to be late for work? Am I a Nigerian or Italian? In this form it has nothing to do with 'I am'.

So make we troway "AM" abi?

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.

Ipob crew, una dey hear? Because most of una no sabi write or speak good english.

Nah only buhari una sabi abuse.
Omo iran-ki-ran

ncpat:
Let me share more details to this topic, I am is always pronounced as am when speaking but it can never be used in writing so there is nothing like am going home so it should be "I'm going home"

Check these examples below and see why I marked I'm wrong in the first place and right in the second place

1. I am going home (correct)
2. I'm going home (wrong)

I know people will be saying what is this one saying, well, you can never write I'm without a quotation mark because you are quoting someone by writing the short form of I am as I'm, therefore there must be a quotation mark to show you are quoting someone's speech.

1. I am going home (correct)
2. " I'm going home" (correct)

Check this writing below. Let's assume I am writing a Novel.


I told Tunde that I am going home and he looked at me and said "if you're going home, I'm going with you " then I knew he was serious.

You can now see that mine appears as I am because lam writing while Tunde's own appears as I'm because I am quoting him. You can also notice are changed to 're

To understand this issues properly get yourself a novel and you will see that the following below must be inside a quotation mark.

I am " I'm "

I will " I'll "

You are " you 're "

Hope I contributed a little.

I tot the apostrophe is often use to abbreviate words. What you now explained surprised me.
Anyway, we are learning everyday.

BUSHHUNTER:
Even primary students are aware of this!

That's a lie Ma/Sir

see this

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