Re: aren't I?

[elelith (餓魔)]

※ 引述《qqrola (挖挖)》之銘言：
:   我看到一篇描述911罹難者的文章
:   其中有一段是一個罹難者生前打出的電話
:   他是這樣說的
:   "All I see is smoke. I'm going to die, aren't I? I'm going to die."
:                                          ^^^^
:   這個地方 為什麼是are??
:   有什麼習慣用法嗎?
:   該不會是罹難前太緊張講錯...=.=??
:   請懂得人幫忙解答 謝謝

The contraction for "are not" is usually used in questions like:
"Aren't I going with you?" However, "am" is the proper be-verb to be used
with the pronoun "I": "I am going with you." The technically ungrammatical
usage of "aren't" in questions where "I" is the subject can be considered a
"forced" mistake, because there is no good grammatically correct alternative.
There is no contraction for "am not;" we don't say "Amn't I going ... ?,"
and the uncontracted form, "Am I not going with you?," sounds so formal
that it is not practical in most situations. Consequently, even though "aren't
I" is technically ungrammatical, and can sound a bit jarring to the ear, it is
considered correct in normal conversational speech.


Additional note:
Michael Swan: "Practical English Usage" Second Edition
"'Am not' is normally only contracted in questions, to 'aren't'"
"The question tag for 'I am' is 'aren't I'?: 'I'm late, aren't I?'"


google查的 來自某個ESL網站 外國人說的


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