05 Aug 2009, 5:04 pm
elderwanda
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05 Aug 2009, 5:37 pm
Uranus wrote:
Can someone please explain why some people use 'am' instead of I'm' at the start of a sentence please.
This is a new one on me. Am not sure why people do this.
Thank you.
This is a new one on me. Am not sure why people do this.
Thank you.
Yeah, the only person I can think of who does that consistently (and with other pronouns as well) is KingdomOfRats. Where is she, anyway? She's got a lot of good stuff to say, so it's worth the little bit of extra effort that it might take to get past the no-pronouns thing. She explained that the use of pronouns is just too muddling for her, knowing which ones go where. I'm sure she's not the only one.
Other than that, if you are talking about outside of WP, I think people sometimes do that in quick, informal written communication. "Will call you later" or "hope to see you soon". The "I" is implied.
There are two schools of linguistic thought, prescriptive and descriptive. People of the prescriptive school of thought believe that there is a correct way to speak, and people should strive towards that way. "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane". People of the descriptive school of thought study (and describe) the way different populations talk, and accept "The rine in Spine sties minely on the pline" as the acceptable, correct form of English for certain populations.
Oh gosh, am babbling again.
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06 Aug 2009, 5:57 pm
