ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-squaremessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down142
arrow-up1383arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months ago“I am 30” makes sense because it’s a shortened form of “I am 30 years old”.
“I am 30” makes sense because it’s a shortened form of “I am 30 years old”.