Re: Why "aren't I"?
- From: "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:35:36 -0400
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:25:25 GMT, Thomas Carter
<T.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:pan.2006.06.29.15.25.24.849326@xxxxxxxxxxxx> in
sci.lang:
Anybody know why and how the usage of "aren't I" became common place,
rather than the expected "am I not"?
<http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001061.php>
Brian
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