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Ask for help > TAGS : ARENT´ I OR AM I NOT?
TAGS : ARENT´ I OR AM I NOT?
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Katia del Pilar
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You�re welcome.
It helped both of us.
But I keep on waiting for some reference books� names in order to revise it.
Have a nice day! 
Katia. |
28 Jan 2009
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demeuter
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Hello
What form you use depends of the occasion meaning formal English or informal English
Formal English
It should be noted that there is no universally accepted contraction for am not.
In spoken English, am I not? is often contracted to aren�t I?.
However the expression aren�t I? is considered acceptable in informal English but not considered to be grammatically correct in formal English. In formal English, no contraction should be used for am I not.
Informal English
In informal English ain�t (am not) should be used.
Have a nice day !
Karina
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28 Jan 2009
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Tere-arg
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You find the rules to make tag questions in any elementary grammar book.
"A practical English grammar" by Thompson and Martinet is one:
Irregular: "I�m late, Aren�t I?"
page 113 under "110. Question Tags"
You can also search on the internet with the same answer (although I prefer books as more reliable)
As regards "..., am I not?"...I hope somebody can mention a good source to read about it.
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28 Jan 2009
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Khadooy
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Interesting information... to know..thank all |
28 Jan 2009
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totya ( F )
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(Understandin and using English grammar ) by Betty Schrampfer Azar
This is the book I learned at university.
In chapter 1 / page 24 their are examples
I am supposed to be here, am I not? ( formal )
I am supposed to be here, aren�t I? ( informal )
Notice the use of aren�t in the tag question after I am. This use of aren�t is common in spoken English.
Have a nice time |
28 Jan 2009
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S�nia Maria
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According to my grammar book - English Grammar in use , publish by Cambridge University Press - (therefore, in my opinion, a reliable source) the correct form is aren�t I.
The example given is, and I quote:
"Note that we say ...aren�t I? (= am I not?): I�m late, aren�t I."
Have a nice!
S�nia
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28 Jan 2009
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kaz76
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In Scottish English �amn�t I� is also used in question tags and is perfectly acceptable |
28 Jan 2009
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