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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.

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

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

Talk to the girls,na dem spoil English.

cc:lalasticlala kindly move this.

columbus007:
Talk to the girls,na dem spoil English.

So guys don't commit blunder I suppose

asuustrike1:
So guys don't commit blunder I suppose

Girls na una commit blunder past and una go use forming or shakara garnish & spoil the English with phonetics & foreign accent....I just heard one girl like that say "fenks"...are u for real I ask?...Is that Deutsch(German) or English pls

fabbiano77:
Girls na una commit blunder past and una go use forming or shakara garnish & spoil the English with phonetics & foreign accent....I just heard one girl like that say "fenks"...are u for real I ask?...Is that Deutsch(German) or English pls

. Do you know that many ladies pronounce

Slay queen grammar.

So, true!
..check my signature

Shove your grammatical knowledge up your ass!

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!!

sgtponzihater1:
Not weekly basis but on daily basis. Even pseudointellectuals wallow in this very nauseating error.

You are so spot on bro!

Give your life to Him by saying this simple prayer...

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner who needs help, I accept that you died for me on Calvary tree and on the 3rd day you rose again, that I might be saved. I accept you into my life and I promise never to go my old way.

Thank you for saving my soul, am saved and born again". If u sincerely say that prayers....you are genuinely saved. Go and sin no more.

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.

barnawilla:
Give your life to Him by saying this simple prayer...

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner who needs help, I accept that you died for me on Calvary tree and on the 3rd day you rose again, that I might be saved. I accept you into my life and I promise never to go my old way.

Thank you for saving my soul, am saved and born again". If u sincerely say that prayers....you are genuinely saved. Go and sin no more.

Give your life to Him by saying this simple prayer...

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner who needs help, I accept that you died for me on Calvary tree and on the 3rd day you rose again, that I might be saved. I accept you into my life and I promise never to go my old way.

Thank you for saving my soul, am saved and born again". If u sincerely say that prayers....you are genuinely saved. Go and sin no more.

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.

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

I hate it when people use AM to start a sentence

Ishilove, take note

Educative

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

Some people will just be writing and speaking blunders with confidence

OP thank you for reminding us

Thank you

Sound it again let them hear

Quite informative op and this is a very common mistake.

Am going to thank you for this

LMAO

Many people have failed job interviews because of this stupid blunder.

Nigerians are incorrigible as far as this is concerned.

You can correct them a hundred times they will still make the same mistake the next minute!

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.

Ingrish no be my murder tongue

All these things na major scam!