themaninblack@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 个月前Mom hit her with “K”lemmy.worldimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1618
arrow-up1618imageMom hit her with “K”lemmy.worldthemaninblack@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 个月前message-square123fedilink
minus-squarerimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 个月前The missing comma is what makes it mistakable
minus-squareChris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 个月前I’m, baby. Still doesn’t seem right even if it technically is.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 个月前I would say it’s technically wrong, because the am is where the emphasis sits, and you wouldn’t contract an emphasised word. But yeah, that still seems like the best interpretation of intention in this case.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前Yep, it’s called a clitic, and you can’t put emphasis on it the same way you would if you used the full word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitic
Ahh… That clears it up.
Isn’t I’m literally “I am”?
The missing comma is what makes it mistakable
I’m, baby. Still doesn’t seem right even if it technically is.
I would say it’s technically wrong, because the am is where the emphasis sits, and you wouldn’t contract an emphasised word.
But yeah, that still seems like the best interpretation of intention in this case.
Yep, it’s called a clitic, and you can’t put emphasis on it the same way you would if you used the full word
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitic
TIL, thanks! Funny word 😂