Can we use ‘is’ with the pronoun ‘I’?
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rarely in some cases that you want to talk about yourself, that is another person you can say I is a very shy person there aren't any strict rules to say you can refer to yourself as he or she so I think you can in very rare cases say I is, for example, ashamed or I is not willing to go out with you :) don't get berried under the snow of grammar say whatever you want
No, Never, not correct English
Never Just apply the rule I + am ( present).
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- Teacher LucyExperienced Certified TEFL Teacher
Hi Nasreddine The pronoun "I" can never be used with is. It is always "I am". It's just a simple rule of English speaking ;)
Not at all, "I am" can be used not "I is".
Since “I” is the first-person singular pronoun and “is” is a third-person singular form of the verb “to be,” using “is” with the pronoun “I” is not grammatically correct. Instead, we use the proper first-person singular version of verb ”to be.” Which is “am.” For instance “I’m sorry,” we should say “I is sorry.”
- John Kenmuir(AKA John Connor) Cambridge certified teacher since 1998, former IELTS speaking examiner
No. The rules are fairly strict here: "I am", "he/she/it is", "you/we/they are", when referring to a person. You could say "I" is... if you're referring to the pronoun itself and not the person it represents, but I think this would confuse English learners as it's an abstract concept.
No, it's grammatically incorrect. I am is correct.
- Yasser YoussefCertified ESL teacher
1--I is always capital. 2-I is a subject pronoun. 3-I is followed with am when using verb to be.
You don’t say “I is”…rather it is “I am”
Actually we can use the pronoun ‘I’ with the verb ‘is’. This is a tricky question guys. We can say: ‘I is the first pronoun! A bit of fun is sometimes good when you’re teaching English! There are times when you need to think outside the box!
