Is I'm grammatically correct?

[43021HST]

I had an arguement with my IT teacher because she refuses to believe the fact that the word 'I'm' is correct grammar. She prefers to say I am. But I'm sure 'I'm' is correct english as well as I am. So is 'I'm' correct english, please help.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Yes it is. I'm is just a shortened I am. It is (or It's) is the same as Who's for instance.

 

[Doorslammer]

I had an arguement with my IT teacher because she refuses to believe the fact that the word 'I'm' is correct grammar. She prefers to say I am. But I'm sure 'I'm' is correct english as well as I am. So is 'I'm' correct english, please help.

An ignorant teacher, we've all had those once in a while.

 

[Railsigns]

I had an arguement with my IT teacher because she refuses to believe the fact that the word 'I'm' is correct grammar. She prefers to say I am. But I'm sure 'I'm' is correct english as well as I am. So is 'I'm' correct english, please help.

"I'm" is indeed correct English. "Arguement" and "english" are not, however; nor is omitting the question mark at the end of a written question.

 

[gordonthemoron]

what's English got to do with IT?

 

[Geezertronic]

what's English got to do with IT?

Don't know about you (or should that be Do not know ), but I type in English

 

[jamesontheroad]

I'm is grammatically correct, but more suited to spoken than written English. If you are writing a piece of work for assessment, or in an essay, I would only use "I am".

 

[gordonthemoron]

Don't know about you (or should that be Do not know ), but I type in English

I type in COBOL

 

[me123]

"I'm" is definitely a legitimate abbreviation of "I am", as has been mentioned before. Some people prefer to use "I am", and the use of abbreviations is often discouraged in formal documents, but there's nothing wrong with abbreviating words in this way.

In day to day use, there's nothing wrong with either version.

PS: The thread title "Is I'm grammatically correct" looks a bit like a grammatical nightmare to be honest!

 

[Oswyntail]

I had an arguement with my IT teacher because she refuses to believe the fact that the word 'I'm' is correct grammar. She prefers to say I am. But I'm sure 'I'm' is correct english as well as I am. So is 'I'm' correct english, please help.

It depends on the context. As has been said before, abbreviations such as this are part of spoken English, but not written. Remember that, when writing something for someone else you are generally not in a position to know how they will react to it. In this case it is usually best to be "correct", however familiar you are with the terms and abbreviations you are using. So this means (amongst other things) not using abbreviations, and using correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

 

[Old Timer]

"I am" is correct grammar and should be used in all formal and descriptive text.

 

[EM2]

But people do sometimes get too hung up on grammar and grammatical rules.
Was it Churchill who said 'This is the type of bad grammar up with which, I shall not put'?
It's grammatically accurate but sounds awful!

 

[j0hn0]

What do IT people know about English language?

I should know

 

[Snapper]

"I am" is correct grammar and should be used in all formal and descriptive text.

Cogito ergo sum in English?

I think not.

 

[37401]

Cogito ergo sum in English?

I think not.

Meanwhile on planet zog, snapper is inventing his own language

 

[Snapper]

Just pointing out that OT is right - there are times when I'm just doesn't work

'Cogito ergo sum'

One of the great philosophical statements, coined by René Descartes*, turned into:

'I think, therefore I'm'





*Admittedly, not a name normally bandied around on railways forums!

 

[90019]

Meanwhile on planet zog, snapper is inventing his own language

It's called Latin

 

[37401]

It's called Latin

Oh, thy is not familier to said language

 

[CarterUSM]

Sorry to be a pedant, but I am sure it is cognito rather than cogito.

 

[90019]

Cogito ergo sum in English?

I think not.

Bibo ergo sum. (I think that's it anyway )

 

[Daimler]

Sorry to be a pedant, but I am sure it is cognito rather than cogito.

Not sure about that!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito_ergo_sum

 

[CarterUSM]

Indeed I stand corrected! With a somewhat red face! :$

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Sorry to be a pedant, but I am sure it is cognito rather than cogito.

It IS cogito.
The root is cogitare = to think

As others have proposed, I'm is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation in speech, but should only appear in written form when its in a quotation.
e.g.: I am sure that she said "I'm hungry".

 

[37401]

Snapper est usura google reddo , EGO teneo is!

 

[CarterUSM]

It IS cogito.
The root is cogitare = to think

As others have proposed, I'm is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation in speech, but should only appear in written form when its in a quotation.
e.g.: I am sure that she said "I'm hungry".

yes, I am rather ashamed of myself, I passed higher latin at secondary school!

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Ach. Dinnae fach yersel!

 

[37401]

Ach. Dinnae fach yersel!

That translated maybe perfectly innocent but to me it sounds like ahh go fach yerself

 

[Max]

Generally, 'I'm' wouldn't be classed as formal English and written work would normally require that you write in this style.

 

[CarterUSM]

Ach. Dinnae fach yersel!

I won't, but you could bile na heid and make daft soup.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

That translated maybe perfectly innocent but to me it sounds like ahh go fach yerself

Doh!
Yes, which is why it so very often used by comedians - to get a cheap laugh from the uneducated. Sadly, it continues to raise a giggle. They must have been telling that one for a hundred years or more. Always works.

Its Scots (as CarterUSM instantly recognised).
The verb, like many other Scots words comes from the French. In this case, from fâché (= to anger) and used in Scots to mean "to distress"
i.e. = Don't distress yourself about it / Don't be angry with yourself.
Even the reflexive construction is more French than English!

I won't, but you could bile na heid and make daft soup.

Now we're talking! But I'm a vegetarian. (See what I did just there?)
Just don't start the Gaelic on here. Latin I can cope with, but the Gaelic . . .