Grammer Error?

Question

Is "Aren't I funny?" gramatically correct?

But how about in a conversation?
Like:
In chorus class the teacher said 'you have ten secounds to learn the words to this piece'.
[there is only one word the entire piece]
So then she said 'Aren't I funny?'

Chill out people. Exuse me for typing fast.[sarcasm] Why answer this question if you don't have the answer? People are idiots!

Answer 1

Well, as a matter of fact it is. Because 'am I not' can't be contracted in English. Therefore, we use 'aren't I.' It's completely correct, if odd. Ignore the grammar nazis.
I'll accept on faith that the 'grammer' spelling error was a typo. I doubt that anyone questioning the correctness of 'aren't I' would not know how to spell 'grammar.'

Answer 2

The contraction of "am not" is "ain't," believe it or not. So "Ain't I funny?" is actually more correct than "Aren't I funny?"

That said, many snobs consider "ain't" to be incorrect. But here's what the dictionary says:

"'Ain't' is more common in uneducated speech than in educated, but it occurs with some frequency in the informal speech of the educated, especially in the southern and south-central states. This is especially true of the interrogative use of ain't I? as a substitute for the formal and—to some—stilted am I not? or for aren't I?, considered by some to be ungrammatical."

You can tell from this passage that not even grammarians agree on the answer. So I guess you'd have to allow a variety of opinions.

Answer 3

It is, because even though "aren't" is a contraction for "are not," which would be incorrect, the word "aren't" becomes a new one itself and doesn't follow the same rules as "are not" would. There is no alternative contraction for "am not."

You could say "I'm not," but that is contracting "I am" and leaving the "not" to make the subject / verb combination negative instead of combining the "not" with the verb to create a new negative verb.

Essentially, "aren't" acts a contraction for "am not" even though one might guess it would be "am't," which obviously sounds awkward.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

no. Aren't is actually are not but shortened. The correct grammar would be Am I Funny?

Answer 6

Not by strict grammatical rules. If you turned it into a statement, it would read, "I aren't funny."

Since the logical contraction ain't is out, that leaves the more formal, "Am I not funny?"

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Answer 7

It's "grammar" and "grammatically".

"Aren't I funny?" isn't grammatically correct, either. "I'm funny, aren't I?" is.

Additional: It wasn't meant to be grammatically correct in the context your teacher used it. Her remark is a take on the old slapstick routines of Vaudeville days, oft times seen in Looney Tune cartoons.

Answer 8

"grammar" first of all, and no it's not correct. should be "am i not funny?" but no one says that. good question though!

Answer 9

you should really have checked how to spell GRAMMAR before asking this question!

jeez

Answer 10

yes its correct.