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Karen
Why do people write "am" instead of "I am"? I've seen many times that people write "Am" instead of "I am". When I first saw that, I thought it was incorrect, but now I believe it is not. For example, the other day, someone wrote a comment that said the following: "but am pointing out things that are actually correct" Why didn't he wrote "But I am pointing out...." ? I hope you can give me an explanation about this :) Thank you!

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It's a way of making sure the same words aren't used multiple times in the same sentence. Don't use more words than you have to!
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"but" is linking to something before (even if it was a different sentence - a common error with "but"), so they have already used "I" and didn't want to repeat it again. For example: I'm not explaining it completely but (I) am covering the main points. He is not here but am, [NOT OK - because 'he' and 'I' are different] I like it but (I) am just thinking about whether to buy it or not. [OK - even though 'like' and 'am' are different]
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I met a lot of people using 'Am'. And they are all the scammers from Nigeria.. so be careful when someone texting to you like that.
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It should be "I'm" instead of "am" as it is the correct abbreviation for "I am". "Am" is not proper English.
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Matt described it perfectly. You can even drop the second 'am'. "I am not trying..., but pointing..." or "I am not trying..., but I am pointing...".

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