To HATE it when people use am instead of I'm?

[Itsonme]

I absolutely cannot stand this!

For example when people say 'am so excited'

It's appalling English and bugs the utter crap out of me!

Nobody I know says that. I need more animated friends.

This thread will attract posters who might be able to tell me something; when you want to write that something is taken as red, is that red the colour? or read.......

Not sure I have ever heard anyone say Am, instead of I'm. Maybe a regional.accent thing, in some accents woudld be very heard to tell I should think.

Have been known to miss out I and write am... when in texts/quck type mode. can honestly say though that I do know how to properly form the words and how to use them correctly also.

It should be 'read'.

In what context? Do you mean in every day conversation (which would be weird) or as an abbreviation when writing (which is fine IMO).

I sometime say 'am' - heard it used a lot where I am - maybe a Scottish thing?

I think it started with Bridget Jones' diary.

Not an accent thing, just an elision of "I". It's an informal style, as opposed to appalling English - the "I" is implied in the "am" as 1st pers sing form anyway, so not essential.

I haven't come across it before. I hate it when people say could of instead of could have.

I mean when it's written down.

If you are stating for example; 'I am so excited' the abbreviation of I am is 'i'm' not 'am'

Why? It makes just as much sense to elide the "I" as to use the contraction. It may be a new usage, but that doesn't make it wrong per se.

Pedants corner is over there>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Don't say it, do type it all the time. See?

It is easier and quicker to type "Am getting the bus" than "I'm getting the bus". Forums do tend to use quick versions iykwim. (see, did it again!)

If that is the only thing that bugs you out of the squillions of dodgy spellings, grammar, borderline text speak and malapropisms that litter MN , you're doing better than most and should count your blessings.IMHO.

No the abbreviation of I am is 'i'm' not 'am'

The 'I' is because you are talking about yourself. Am does not represent that.

Predictive text/spell check accepts I'm at the beginning of a sentence, not Am. There's a reason for that - because it's wrong!

I do it all the time and I hate it. I know I am doing it, and I try to go back and correct before sending/posting but it's just a massive bad habit I have got into. I also use 'cos' instead of because which irritates me!

It's just missing out the 'I'

Yes it does. If I was speaking about my dog I wouldn't shorten it to "am" because that would be wrong. I would have to say "is" and it wouldn't make sense at all. "is going for a walk" would give you no clue to whom I was referring, "am going for a walk" is clear.

So "am" must represent me because it can't represent anything else surely?

Am is first person singular and therefore can only refer to the speaker/writer - the I is largely redundant. And you cannot base an argument on the grammatical "correctness" of a form by using predictive text - that's madness.

How on earth is writing 'am' quicker than writing 'i'm'? Mental! I'm sure you would really need that extra quarter of a second it would take you to to type I'm!

I didn't say it was the only thing that bothered me anywhere did I?

I'm sure lots of things bother people, this is just one thing I have chosen to highlight.

Because there is one extra character and I have to press a shift key to get the apostrophe. Clearly quicker.

Oh I do this. It annoys my mum too.

My point is that it's not wrong - you may not like it, which is fine, but it introduces no ambiguity, does not reduce communicative clarity, has no concord problems and is simply a different version of an informal form.

Scots may argue that "aren't I?" is wrong, or ambiguous, as it uses a second/third person verb with a first person pronoun. (Many Scots say amn't I, which one could argue is more grammatically "correct"). But they wouldn't, as there's no confusion. It'd be a better argument than yours, though.

I'm simply saying I don't like it. It's not the abbreviation of I am. Is that ok with you Mrs ohsoclever?

I don't like people who ask AIBU and then resort to name calling and ignoring posts explaining why they are wrong myself. Each to their own.

You said it was appalling English, you asked if you were being unreasonable, I tried to show how grammatically what you were saying wasn't accurate. But, yeah, just go for namecalling if it suits.