HELP! The “to be” negative interrogative, regarding “I”???

Question

I need help to verify if this is correct:

I’m late, aren’t I? = Aren’t I late?
(common in the UK)
I’m late, am I not?
(common in the US, in the UK it’s considered to be very formal)
I’m late, amn’t I?
(very old; not common anymore, but still correct)

Thank you.

galaxiquestar, I'm not thinking about "ain't"...long story or not..."ain't" it's not correct!

"Ain't" ain't a word, lol.

bruhaha,
A few hours ago, the only one that I knew was "am I not". But then my English teacher used "aren't I", and it still doesn't make sense to me because "are" is not compatible with "I" like you said, but then I discovered that it's the most used!
About the "ain't", I didn't investigate that much, but the first results supported that "ain't" is incorrect, but I am not sure about that.

Answer 1

This is one of those tough expressions, we've somehow managed to turn into an impossibility.

"Aren't I?" is actually the common use -- in BOTH British and American English--, but it is absolutely ungrammatical! "are" does not go with "I" !

"Ain't I?' used to be perfectly fine --"ain't" was a contracted form of "am not". But perhaps because in the 19th century it became associated with 'lower class' dialects (who often used it in place of "isn't" and "aren't" as well) it came to be frowned out.

This left us with only one grammatical option, the formal, stilted sounded "Am I not?"

So what is one to do to avoid sounded stilted, uneducated or ungrammatical? Try to form sentences that totally avoid ANY of these construction?! (E.g., for "I'm right, aren't I?" shift to "I said the right thing, didn't I?")

Answer 2

Oh, come on; "Amn't I"?! I don't believe that. Maybe you're thinking of "ain't", which has a long history. The others are fine.

Answer 3

i think its correct but except the last one

i dont think amn't is a word lol

Answer 4

yes..that is correct.


if there's -ve before the comma then there should be +ve after the comma......the sentence should be balanced......