“Are you cold?”
“I’m”
“Have you showered?”
“I’ve”
“Is it raining?”
“It’s”
“Am I ugly?”
“You’re”
You get the gist. Why is it so weird to say these instead of “I am, I have, It is, You are”?
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I wouldn’t use any of the examples at the bottom of your post, “Are you cold” “yes”, “have you showered” “yes”, etc
I do. I like to double up, too.
“Are you cold?” I’mn’t
“Have you showered?” I’ven’t.
[emPHAsis on the sylLABles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmh_6z9AWfc) that are most important for the particular situation, which is not (easily) possible with those contractions.
(ignoring regular casing for emphasis)
1. i AM. 2) i am?. 3) I am.
2. I am very cold. 2) Yeah…but why? 3) You talking about me?
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Looks like there are some “real” answers here but just wanted to say I do this with my partner and it’s hilarious. She will ask if she’s pretty and I’ll say “you’re”, or will say “you’re home!” And I’ll respond with “I’m”. It’s fun.
Are you starting a sentence or answering a question? “I’m” both starts a sentence and functions as an answer. It could also be the start of a sentence that would respond to a question.
Without context, it becomes ineffective in communication.
The question “Are you cold?”
The response is technically “I am cold” and you shorten it to “I am.” Shortening it further implies a longer answer and the start of a sentence. You could mean “I’m actually hot” and then be having a stroke suddenly (joke but true).
When you take the shortened answer “I’m” out of context, we have no idea what it means. When you pull “I am” out of context, we can understand it was a reply or statement. When we say the correct sentence of “I am cold” it gives us full understanding of the response alone.
Because we are not robots?
I’ve read some old timey Enid Blyton book where people respond to proposition with “Let’s”
For example:
“Want to go to the show?”
“Yes, let’s”
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