Re: Why "aren't I"?



On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:25:25 GMT, Thomas Carter
<T.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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sci.lang:

Anybody know why and how the usage of "aren't I" became common place,
rather than the expected "am I not"?

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Brian
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