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Bookmark or Share- grammar - If it's "I am" and not "I are", why is it "I aren't" instead ...To contract "I am not" to 2 syllables, there are two alternatives: either combine "am" with "I", or "am" with "not". If the latter were adopted, "I amn't" would indeed be a reasonable choice. For whatever reason, though, the former has become the norm, producing "I'm not" as the standard contraction (and definitely not "I are not".
- Aren't I? or Am I not? | Britannica Dictionary - Encyclopedia Britannica“Aren’t I?” is commonly used and very acceptable in informal language. “Am I not?” is grammatical, but extremely formal, so in most contexts, “aren’t I?” is the preferred choice.
- Aren't I or am I not - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeIn interrogative sentences with I am, should it be aren't I or am I not? For example, which of the two is correct? Am I not your friend? Aren't I your friend? No, it's not a duplicate. Please understand the difference between the two questions.
- “I’m right, aren’t I?” - GrammarphobiaOne ought to say, “I’m right, am I not?” but doing so sounds too formal for ordinary conversation. The problem, of course, is that “aren’t I?” uses the plural verb “are” with the singular subject “I.”
- 'Aren't I, 'Are I Not', or 'Am I Not'? Correct Grammar - Merriam-WebsterWere we to match our verbs and pronouns correctly, we would say “am I not,” rather than “are I not”; the contracted version of this might be written as either amn’t (which sounds unwieldy to most speakers of US English) or as ain’t.
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