isn't the expression " Amn't I ?" wrong? i think it should be
"aren't I?" . What say? i have come across it somewhere in a book.
2006-06-27 20:13:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's colloquial, not exactly wrong.
"Aren't I?" is grammatically incorrect, (because you wouldn't say I are) but also colloquial.
If you want to be unerring, go with "am I not?"
2006-06-27 21:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The proper contraction of "am not" is "ain't"
Yes, despite what your teachers and parents told you, "ain't" IS a word--they just couldn't be bothered to teach it's proper usage, so they issued a blanket "that's not a word".
I am not going--I ain't going
I am not tired--I ain't tired.
etc, etc.
Because of lazy teachers, people grow up thinking using "ain't" is a sign of ignorance or ill breeding.
So the answer is, no, "amn't" is not an expression--the expression is "ain't"
2006-06-28 15:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what "Amn't I?" means, but I'm guessing it's a typo of somesort because aren't is a word.
2006-06-28 03:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be for "am not I" which is incorrect speech. You say 'am I not". It should be "aren't I" . But you don't say "are not I". And "are I not" is totally wrong. Isn't English crazy?
2006-06-28 03:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by Living the Alaskan life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no doubt English is a wonderful language , and for making the sentence good it is not important to have it perfect grammatically.
2006-06-28 03:31:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with that chris kid i think hes or she lol is right
2006-06-28 03:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by ~Baby~G~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋